Bell Museum plants (MIN:Plants)
969885
96e57a13-7064-4717-980f-fba0f725a163
1371463
Sphaeropteris auriculifera (Copel.) R.M.Tryon
Cyatheaceae
Z. Ezedin
2021-07-10
Show Determination History 
Weiblen, G. D. & Binatang Research Center
NP1A0019
2013-05-30
30 May 2013
Papua New Guinea, Madang, Numba
-5.7222 145.2714
1200 meters (3936ft)
Primary lower montane forest
tree fern, to 4.8 m in height, DBH 8.2 cm, trunk height to foliage 2 m, crown height 2.8 m, crown width 4.1 m,; foliage 1 kg mature wet mass, ; outer bark rough, flaky,; fissures vertical, narrow,; bark black, dark brown,; cambium dark brown, brown, light brown,; wood black, dark brown, brown, light brown,; exudate white, cream,; DNA preserved in silica, from felled plot. Local Name(s): bomba; Local Use(s): Leaves for walls in traditional house construction.
BRC, LAE, MIN
Bell Museum, University of Minnesota
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