Bell Museum plants (MIN:Plants)
970300
953fd461-b8e3-4915-a26f-8d90b782f165
1371900
Saurauia purgans B.L.Burtt
Actinidiaceae
K. Molem
4-Feb-2014
Weiblen, G. D. & Binatang Research Center
NS4A0251
2013-11-23
23 Nov 2013
Papua New Guinea, Madang, Numba
-5.7222 145.2714
1200 meters (3936ft)
Secondary lower montane forest
tree, to 8.2 m in height, DBH 10 cm, trunk height to foliage 3 m, crown height 5.2 m, crown width 3.2 m,; foliage 16.5 kg mature wet mass, 0.7568 kg juvenile wet mass, ; outer bark rough, flaky,; fissures vertical, broad,; bark black, dark brown, brown, light brown, white, grey, green,; cambium light brown, orange, yellow, white,; wood light brown, white, cream,; exudate absent,; DNA preserved in silica, from felled plot. Local Name(s): tumua; Local Use(s): For fence construction; garden stakes for beans and vanilla; herbal medicine.
BRC, LAE, MIN, US, GH, K, L, CANB, SING, BISH, BRIT, BRU
Bell Museum, University of Minnesota
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