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Catalog (Accession) #: 970080
Occurrence ID (GUID): 535e92f5-e273-48d3-9c0b-af61331c5bad
Secondary Catalog (Accession) #: 1371666
Taxon: Microcos tetrasperma Merr. & L.M.Perry
Family: Malvaceae
Determiner: K. Molem (19-Aug-2014)
Collector: Weiblen, G. D. & Binatang Research Center   NP2B0137   
Date: 2014-04-05
Verbatim Date: 05 Apr 2014
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Madang, Numba
-5.7222  145.2714
Elevation: 1200 meters (3936ft)
Habitat: Primary lower montane forest
Description: tree, to 12.7 m in height, DBH 15.9 cm, trunk height to foliage 6.7 m, crown height 6 m, crown width 5.1 m, buttresses up to 0.2 m,; foliage 9.05 kg mature wet mass, ; outer bark with lenticels,; fissures vertical, horizontal, narrow,; bark brown, light brown,; cambium light brown,; wood light brown, white,; exudate absent,; DNA preserved in silica, wood sample preserved, from felled plot. Local Name(s): ; Local Use(s): Timber for fence construction and for walls and flooring in house construction; spice; bark for medicine.
Notes: BRC, LAE, MIN
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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: 535e92f5-e273-48d3-9c0b-af61331c5bad
For additional information on this specimen, please contact: Dr. George Weiblen (museum-herbarium@umn.edu)
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