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Catalog (Accession) #: 970063
Occurrence ID (GUID): 27558ad4-4bef-487f-81c7-61035d1f2d20
Secondary Catalog (Accession) #: 1371624
Taxon: Cynometra schefferi (K.Schum.) Rados.
Family: Fabaceae
Determiner: Z. Ezedin (10-Jul-2021)
Collector: Weiblen, G. D. & Binatang Research Center   NP1B0075   
Date: 2014-03-19
Verbatim Date: 19 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 m in height, DBH 5.2 cm, trunk height to foliage 5.9 m, crown height 3.1 m, crown width 2.42 m,; foliage 1.5 kg mature wet mass, ; outer bark with lenticels,; bark dark brown, brown,; cambium dark brown, pink,; wood light brown, white,; exudate absent,; DNA preserved in silica, from felled plot. Local Name(s): poparu, lugum kagayajo; Local Use(s): Timber for fence construction, for posts and frame in house construction, and for making traps for pigs, cassowaries, and birds; young pink leaves for fishing bait.
Notes: BRC, LAE
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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: 27558ad4-4bef-487f-81c7-61035d1f2d20
For additional information on this specimen, please contact: Dr. George Weiblen (museum-herbarium@umn.edu)
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