Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center (NGBRC)
YS4J0199
3160792c-c8f7-4911-a851-3e51bebf77e3
Pipturus argenteus (G. Forst.) Wedd.
Urticaceae
H. Nowatuo (13 Feb 2013)
Binatang Research Center
YS4J0199
2013-02-13
28 Nov 2012
Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Yawan
-6.164683 146.841717
1855 meters (6084ft)
Secondary montane rainforest
tree, to 14.13 m in height, DBH 16.2 cm, trunk height to foliage 6.43 m, crown height 7.7 m, crown width 6 m; foliage 15 kg mature wet mass, 0.654 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark with lenticels; fissures vertical, narrow; bark white; cambium light brown; wood white; exudate absent; DNA preserved in silica, 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.