Bell Museum plants (MIN:Plants)
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e085ab13-0cca-4235-9af9-5fd6bae1e3cf
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Sphaeropteris auriculifera (Copel.) R.M.Tryon
Cyatheaceae
K. Molem
25-Aug-2014
Weiblen, G. D. & Binatang Research Center
NP2A0077
2013-06-13
13 Jun 2013
Papua New Guinea, Madang, Numba
-5.7222 145.2714
1200 meters (3936ft)
Primary lower montane forest
tree fern, to 9.27 m in height, DBH 12.8 cm, trunk height to foliage 4.59 m, crown height 4.68 m, crown width 6.89 m,; foliage 2.5 kg mature wet mass, ; outer bark rough, with lenticels,; fissures vertical, narrow,; bark brown, light brown, white,; cambium light brown, orange, red,; wood brown, orange, red,; exudate orange,; DNA preserved in silica, wood sample preserved, from felled plot. Local Name(s): bomba, pivi, mu ray; Local Use(s): Leaves for walls in temporary shelters and houses and for mattresses; edible young leaves.
BRC, LAE, MIN
Bell Museum, University of Minnesota
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