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Catalog (Accession) #: 970279
Occurrence ID (GUID): 6a2e7ad5-1f20-4941-b302-2756eb401ff9
Secondary Catalog (Accession) #: 1371879
Taxon: Sterculia tantrae Morat
Family: Malvaceae
Determiner: Z. Ezedin (10-Jul-2021)
Collector: Weiblen, G. D. & Binatang Research Center   NP1B0029   
Date: 2014-03-17
Verbatim Date: 17 Mar 2014
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Madang, Numba
-5.7222  145.2714
Elevation: 1200 meters (3936ft)
Habitat: Primary lower montane forest
Description: tree, to 9.3 m in height, DBH 7.5 cm, trunk height to foliage 4.6 m, crown height 4.7 m, crown width 2.3 m,; foliage 0.5425 kg mature wet mass, ; outer bark rough, with lenticels,; fissures vertical,; bark brown, light brown, white,; cambium brown, light brown,; wood light brown, white,; exudate absent,; DNA preserved in silica, from felled plot. Local Name(s): mondono; Local Use(s): Edible fruit and seeds; bark for rope; leaves for paper for smoking.
Notes: BRC, LAE, MIN
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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.
Record Id: 6a2e7ad5-1f20-4941-b302-2756eb401ff9
For additional information on this specimen, please contact: Dr. George Weiblen (museum-herbarium@umn.edu)
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