Bell Museum plants (MIN:Plants)
970294
4b9b259a-fa63-4e7f-9aa9-ea549b1a6c5a
1371894
Rhodomyrtus elegans (Blume) A.J.Scott
Myrtaceae
K.Pomoh
2-Oct-2014
Weiblen, G. D. & Binatang Research Center
NP1B0015
2014-03-17
17 Mar 2014
Papua New Guinea, Madang, Numba
-5.7222 145.2714
1200 meters (3936ft)
Primary lower montane forest
tree, to 8.61 m in height, DBH 8.4 cm, trunk height to foliage 4.61 m, crown height 4 m, crown width 4 m,; foliage 5 kg mature wet mass, ; outer bark flaky,; fissures vertical, broad,; bark brown, light brown, white,; cambium brown, light brown,; wood black, brown, light brown, white,; exudate absent,; DNA preserved in silica, from felled plot. Local Name(s): kombai; Local Use(s): Posts in house construction; axe handles.
BRC, LAE, MIN
Bell Museum, University of Minnesota
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