Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas - Occurrence Profile

Bell Museum plants (MIN:Plants)

Catalog #: 913806

Occurrence ID: d56194c4-fd3e-48c7-9596-b207ea6ab6b4

Taxon: Merrilliodendron megacarpum (Hemsl.) Sleumer

Family: Icacinaceae

Determiner: Damas, D.

Date Determined: 22/Jul/2007

Collector: Weiblen, G.D. & Binatang Research Center

Number: WP2E0285

Date: 2006-09-06

Locality: Papua New Guinea, Madang, Wanang Village

Latitude/Longitude: -5.2373 145.177183

Verbatim Coordinates: E145 10.631; S5 14.238

Elevation: 115 meters (377ft)

Habitat: Primary lowland rainforest

Description: TREE to 8.05m in height, DBH 6.5cm, trunk height to foliage 4.8m, crown height 3.25m, crown width 3.1m, FISSURES horizontal, broad, BARK grey, green, CAMBIUM dark brown, brown, light brown, WOOD brown, light brown, orange, EXUDATE absent, wood sample preserved, from felled plot. Local name: kingu. Local uses: used for building houses.

Notes: BRC, LAE, MIN

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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.

For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Timothy Whitfeld, Collections Manager (museum-herbarium@umn.edu)

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