Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas - Occurrence Profile

Bell Museum plants (MIN:Plants)

Catalog #: 916838

Occurrence ID: 33ac906f-d496-4f1b-8f02-38fccb66bb1f

Taxon: Dendrocnide ternatensis (Miq.) Chew

Family: Urticaceae

Determiner: Gaglioti, A.

Date Determined: 05/Mar/2013

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

Number: WP4D0883

Date: 2007-03-24

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 11.8m in height, DBH 10.1cm, trunk height to foliage 5.7m, crown height 6.1m, crown width 4.85m, OUTER BARK rough, with lenticels, FISSURES vertical, narrow, BARK brown, light brown, white, grey, green, CAMBIUM light brown, yellow, white, WOOD brown, light brown, yellow, EXUDATE absent, wood sample preserved, from felled plot. Local name: apiv kual s're. Local uses: used for firewood, leaves cause skin irritation, bark used as a torch.

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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