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Catalog (Accession) #: 970070
Occurrence ID (GUID): 4faf8eed-0efa-47dd-adc0-b7813ace7ea8
Secondary Catalog (Accession) #: 1371676
Taxon: Musa peekelii Lauterb.
Family: Musaceae
Determiner: K. Molem (13-Feb-2014)
Collector: Weiblen, G. D. & Binatang Research Center   NS3A0122   
Date: 2013-10-26
Verbatim Date: 26 Oct 2013
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Madang, Numba
-5.7222  145.2714
Elevation: 1200 meters (3936ft)
Habitat: Secondary lower montane forest
Description: Banana, to 12.3 m in height, DBH 20.8 cm, trunk height to foliage 7.6 m, crown height 4.7 m, crown width 3.5 m,; foliage 8 kg mature wet mass, 0.7194 kg juvenile wet mass, ; outer bark smooth, flaky,; fissures vertical, narrow,; bark black, dark brown, brown, grey, green,; cambium dark brown, brown, light brown, yellow, white, cream, grey,; wood yellow, white,; exudate absent,; DNA preserved in silica, from felled plot. Local Name(s): kina; Local Use(s): Edible leaves, fruit, and young shoots.
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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: 4faf8eed-0efa-47dd-adc0-b7813ace7ea8
For additional information on this specimen, please contact: Dr. George Weiblen (museum-herbarium@umn.edu)
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