Bell Museum plants (MIN:Plants)
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6960d432-3285-4062-912b-ca897ffc2f9f
Ternstroemia cherryi (F.M.Bailey) Merr. ex J.F.Bailey
Pentaphylacaceae
Molem, K.
23/Jul/2007
Weiblen, G.D. & Binatang Research Center
WP4C0928
2007-04-11
Papua New Guinea, Madang, Wanang Village
-5.2373 145.177183
E145 10.631; S5 14.238
115 meters (377ft)
Primary lowland rainforest
TREE to 10.22m in height, DBH 7.3cm, trunk height to foliage 4.1m, crown height 6.12m, crown width 4.29m, OUTER BARK smooth, rough, with lenticels, FISSURES broad, BARK black, dark brown, brown, CAMBIUM dark brown, brown, light brown, red, WOOD dark brown, brown, light brown, EXUDATE absent, wood sample preserved, from felled plot. Local name: dumu. Local uses: bark used used as poison for killing fish.
BRC, LAE, MIN, US, GH, K, L, CANB, SING, BISH, BRIT, BRU
Bell Museum, University of Minnesota
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