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Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #: YS4G0356
Occurrence ID (GUID): b94874d3-32bb-4e04-92e1-87c2f0aa9438
Taxon: Benstonea adinobotrys (Merr. & L.M.Perry) Callm. & Buerki
Family: Pandanaceae
Determiner: Z. Ezedin (10 Jul 2021)
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Collector: Binatang Research Center   YS4G0356   
Date: 2021-07-10
Verbatim Date: 04 Feb 2011
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Yawan
-6.1631  146.840217
Elevation: 1752 meters (5747ft)
Habitat: Secondary montane rainforest
Description: pandanus, to 16.5 m in height, DBH 17 cm, trunk height to foliage 13.3 m, crown height 3.2 m, crown width 3.5 m; foliage 21 kg mature wet mass, 0.334 kg juvenile wet mass; bark brown; cambium light brown; wood white; exudate absent; DNA preserved in silica, from felled plot. Local name: umong Local use: split stems used for fencing, flooring, house posts, and fireplaces; leaves used for roofing and weaving; roots used in tying grass skirts
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Record Id: b94874d3-32bb-4e04-92e1-87c2f0aa9438
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