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Bell Museum plants
Catalog (Accession) #:
969921
Occurrence ID (GUID):
090373d5-e8e2-47f0-ba62-e79742873128
Secondary Catalog (Accession) #:
1371531
Taxon:
Gnetum gnemon L.
Family: Gnetaceae
Family: Gnetaceae
Determiner: K. Molem (18-Aug-2014)
Collector:
Weiblen, G. D. & Binatang Research Center NP2B0161
Date: 2014-03-28
Verbatim Date: 28 Mar 2014
Locality:
Papua New Guinea, Madang, Numba
-5.7222 145.2714
Elevation:
1200 meters
(3936ft)
Habitat:
Primary lower montane forest
Description:
tree, to 8.74 m in height, DBH 5.3 cm, trunk height to foliage 5.17 m, crown height 3.57 m, crown width 2.7 m,; foliage 4 kg mature wet mass, ; outer bark with lenticels,; fissures vertical, broad, narrow,; bark brown, light brown,; cambium light brown, white,; wood light brown, white,; exudate absent,; DNA preserved in silica, from felled plot. Local Name(s): werigo nara; Local Use(s): Timber for posts in house construction; leaves edible when cooked; edible seeds; bark for string to make bilum (string bags) and to tie houses and fences.
Notes:
BRC, LAE, MIN
Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain)
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: 090373d5-e8e2-47f0-ba62-e79742873128
For additional information on this specimen, please contact:
Dr. George Weiblen (museum-herbarium@umn.edu)
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