Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas - Occurrence Profile

Bell Museum plants (MIN:Plants)

Catalog #: 969766

Occurrence ID: 6500cf78-db57-483a-8f88-2162f8cb0dd2

Secondary Catalog #: 1371356

Taxon: Ardisia imperialis K.Schum.

Family: Myrsinaceae

Determiner: K. Molem

Date Determined: 18-Aug-2014

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

Number: NP2B0085

Date: 2014-03-25

Verbatim Date: 25 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 8.44 m in height, DBH 7.1 cm, trunk height to foliage 5.97 m, crown height 2.47 m, crown width 3.33 m,; foliage 1 kg mature wet mass, ; outer bark smooth, with lenticels,; fissures horizontal, narrow,; bark light brown, orange, white, grey,; cambium red, white, cream, grey,; wood white, grey,; exudate absent,; DNA preserved in silica, from felled plot. Local Name(s): wakawaka, korogumnajo; Local Use(s): Timber for fence construction and for flooring and walls 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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