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Bell Museum plants (MIN:Plants)

Catalog #: 970032

Occurrence ID: cb8ec3dd-1898-4c8d-b124-ee37670a1463

Secondary Catalog #: 1371596

Taxon: Litsea timoriana Span.

Family: Lauraceae

Determiner: K. Molem (18-Jul-2014)

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

Number: NP4B0290

Date: 2014-05-23

Verbatim Date: 23 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 18.1 m in height, DBH 11.8 cm, trunk height to foliage 13.1 m, crown height 5 m, crown width 4.4 m,; foliage 3 kg mature wet mass, 9 kg juvenile wet mass, ; outer bark rough,; bark grey,; cambium brown, light brown,; wood yellow, white,; exudate absent,; DNA preserved in silica, wood sample preserved, 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

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Record ID: cb8ec3dd-1898-4c8d-b124-ee37670a1463

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

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