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Catalog (Accession) #: 970086
Occurrence ID (GUID): 5d38cff8-cbfd-4b78-b98e-9076a2dcc2d7
Secondary Catalog (Accession) #: 1371660
Taxon: Myristica filipes W.J.De Wilde
Family: Myristicaceae
Determiner: J. Yalang (25-Feb-2014)
Collector: Weiblen, G. D. & Binatang Research Center   NP2A0111   
Date: 2013-06-25
Verbatim Date: 25 Jun 2013
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Madang, Numba
-5.7222  145.2714
Elevation: 1200 meters (3936ft)
Habitat: Primary lower montane forest
Description: tree, to 31.4 m in height, DBH 36.6 cm, trunk height to foliage 17.4 m, crown height 14 m, crown width 7 m,; foliage 34 kg mature wet mass, 1.273 kg juvenile wet mass, ; outer bark rough, flaky,; fissures vertical, narrow,; bark brown, light brown, grey, green,; cambium red, white, cream,; wood red, white, cream,; exudate red,; DNA preserved in silica, wood sample preserved, from felled plot. Local Name(s): kamka, maniviam, kamka kegoa; Local Use(s): Timber for fence construction and for posts and frame in house construction; firewood.
Notes: BRC, LAE, MIN, US, GH, K, L, CANB, SING, BISH, BRIT, BRU
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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: 5d38cff8-cbfd-4b78-b98e-9076a2dcc2d7
For additional information on this specimen, please contact: Dr. George Weiblen (museum-herbarium@umn.edu)
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