Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center (NGBRC)
YS2H0054
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Pipturus argenteus (G. Forst.) Wedd.
Urticaceae
H. Nowatuo (09 Jan 2013)
Binatang Research Center
YS2H0054
2013-01-09
12 Sep 2012
Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Yawan
-6.1641 146.843567
1851 meters (6071ft)
Secondary montane rainforest
tree, to 14.7 m in height, DBH 13.5 cm, trunk height to foliage 9.25 m, crown height 5.45 m, crown width 3 m; foliage 1 kg mature wet mass, 0.12 kg juvenile wet mass; bark light brown, white, cream; cambium white, cream; wood light brown, white, cream; exudate absent; DNA preserved in silica, wood sample preserved, from felled plot. Local name: Udan Local use: Firewood and wood shed; Fruit bait for birds; bark is used to manipulate hair and to make dread locks.