Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas - Occurrence Profile

Bell Museum plants (MIN:Plants)

Catalog #: 970075

Occurrence ID: f62ece95-0805-4b47-8284-c7e695dd80c4

Secondary Catalog #: 1371671

Taxon: Medusanthera laxiflora (Miers) R.A.Howard

Family: Stemonuraceae

Determiner: K. Molem

Date Determined: 10-Sep-2014

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

Number: NP2B0131

Date: 2014-03-29

Verbatim Date: 29 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 8.46 m in height, DBH 6.1 cm, trunk height to foliage 3.94 m, crown height 4.52 m, crown width 2.2 m,; foliage 1.05 kg mature wet mass, ; outer bark with lenticels,; fissures vertical, horizontal, narrow,; bark brown, light brown,; cambium yellow,; wood yellow, white,; exudate absent,; DNA preserved in silica, from felled plot. Local Name(s): baitum, garungo; Local Use(s): For posts in house construction; firewood; digging tool.

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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