Bell Museum plants (MIN:Plants)
914102
882c5153-686e-401b-a37a-47786ff47780
Microcos argentata Burret
Malvaceae
Sosanika, G.
12/Oct/2009
Weiblen, G.D. & Binatang Research Center
WP1D0181
2006-07-12
Papua New Guinea, Madang, Wanang Village
-5.2373 145.177183
E145 10.631; S5 14.238
115 meters (377ft)
Primary lowland rainforest
TREE to 33.38m in height, DBH 40.9cm, trunk height to foliage 20.63m, crown height 12.75m, crown width 7.33m, OUTER BARK rough, with lenticels, FISSURES horizontal, broad, BARK black, dark brown, brown, light brown, CAMBIUM dark brown, brown, WOOD dark brown, brown, light brown, pink, EXUDATE absent, wood sample preserved, from felled plot. Local name: digil kubal. Local uses: timber for house construction, bark used as poison for killing fish.
BRC, LAE, MIN, US, GH, K, L, CANB, SING, BISH
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