Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas - Occurrence Profile

Bell Museum plants (MIN:Plants)

Catalog #: 970135

Occurrence ID: 53704a50-cd02-441e-9126-651aa3aa2c44

Secondary Catalog #: 1371713

Taxon: Palaquium morobense P.Royen

Family: Sapotaceae

Determiner: K. Molem

Date Determined: 3-Jun-2014

Collector: Weiblen, G. D. & Binatang Research Center

Number: NP1B0028

Date: 2014-03-17

Verbatim Date: 17 Mar 2014

Locality: Papua New Guinea, Madang, Numba

Latitude/Longitude: -5.7222 145.2714

Elevation: 1200 meters (3936ft)

Habitat: Primary lower montane forest

Description: tree, to 11.27 m in height, DBH 6.9 cm, trunk height to foliage 8.52 m, crown height 2.75 m, crown width 2.98 m,; foliage 0.7792 kg mature wet mass, ; outer bark with lenticels,; fissures vertical,; bark brown, light brown,; cambium light brown,; wood brown, light brown,; exudate white,; DNA preserved in silica, from felled plot. Local Name(s): arauna; Local Use(s): Timber for fence construction and for posts and frame in house construction; firewood.

Notes: BRC, LAE, MIN

Specimen Media

Open Medium File

Open Large File

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Rights Holder: Bell Museum, University of Minnesota

Access Rights: Users are required to adhere to Bell Museum collections policy. Questions may be directed to the curator in charge.

For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Timothy Whitfeld, Collections Manager (museum-herbarium@umn.edu)

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