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Catalog (Accession) #: 970127
Occurrence ID (GUID): 9cc52332-6708-41a4-92f6-d5a35e263098
Secondary Catalog (Accession) #: 1371721
Taxon: Rhus taitensis Guill.
Family: Anacardiaceae
Determiner: M. Rimandai (25-Feb-2014)
Collector: Weiblen, G. D. & Binatang Research Center   NP4A2097   
Date: 2013-07-23
Verbatim Date: 23 Jul 2013
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Madang, Numba
-5.7222  145.2714
Elevation: 1200 meters (3936ft)
Habitat: Primary lower montane forest
Description: tree, to 27.15 m in height, DBH 49.5 cm, trunk height to foliage 11.35 m, crown height 15.8 m, crown width 8.23 m, buttresses up to 1.3 m,; foliage 46 kg mature wet mass, 0.312 kg juvenile wet mass, ; outer bark rough, with lenticels,; fissures horizontal, broad,; bark light brown, grey,; cambium pink, white, cream,; wood pink, white, cream,; exudate white,; DNA preserved in silica, wood sample preserved, from felled plot. Local Name(s): kwamoi, mineviyam; Local Use(s): Walls in house construction; sap for glue to make axe handles.
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: 9cc52332-6708-41a4-92f6-d5a35e263098
For additional information on this specimen, please contact: Dr. George Weiblen (museum-herbarium@umn.edu)
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