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Bell Museum plants (MIN:Plants)

Catalog #: 970033

Occurrence ID: 5adb0cd1-74f3-48f4-ad4c-e590c7803e81

Secondary Catalog #: 1371595

Taxon: Litsea timoriana Span.

Family: Lauraceae

Determiner: K. Molem (9-Sep-2014)

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

Number: NP4B0267

Date: 2014-05-16

Verbatim Date: 16 May 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 24.1 m in height, DBH 19.2 cm, trunk height to foliage 16.8 m, crown height 7.3 m, crown width 4.45 m, buttresses up to 0.32 m,; foliage 4 kg mature wet mass, ; outer bark smooth,; bark brown, light brown, white, grey,; cambium light brown,; wood yellow, green,; exudate absent,; DNA preserved in silica, from felled plot. Local Name(s): mondu, wega wega; Local Use(s): Timber for fence construction and for posts, frame, flooring, and walls in house construction; firewood; wood for making dundu drums.

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: 5adb0cd1-74f3-48f4-ad4c-e590c7803e81

For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Dr. George Weiblen (museum-herbarium@umn.edu)

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