Bell Museum plants (MIN:Plants)
914098
53ebda8b-ac16-46a8-84b6-049b1efc2790
Microcos grandiflora Burret
Malvaceae
Sosanika, G.
12/Oct/2009
Weiblen, G.D. & Binatang Research Center
WP2E0269
2006-09-09
Papua New Guinea, Madang, Wanang Village
-5.2373 145.177183
E145 10.631; S5 14.238
115 meters (377ft)
Primary lowland rainforest
TREE to 19.52m in height, DBH 13.4cm, trunk height to foliage 7.87m, crown height 11.65m, crown width 8.4m, OUTER BARK rough, with lenticels, FISSURES horizontal, BARK black, brown, light brown, white, green, CAMBIUM dark brown, brown, WOOD brown, light brown, EXUDATE absent, from felled plot. Local name: ang kubal. Local uses: timber for house construction, used for construction of small huts, bark used as poison for killing fish.
BRC, LAE, MIN, US, GH
Bell Museum, University of Minnesota
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