Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas - Occurrence Profile

Bell Museum plants (MIN:Plants)

Catalog #: 916830

Occurrence ID: bb4d1698-ab76-4960-b2c8-d2cc9b29f026

Taxon: Dendrocnide ternatensis (Miq.) Chew

Family: Urticaceae

Determiner: Gaglioti, A.

Date Determined: 05/Mar/2013

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

Number: WS5D0815

Date: 2007-02-26

Locality: Papua New Guinea, Madang, Wanang Village

Latitude/Longitude: -5.229583 145.178467

Verbatim Coordinates: E145 10.708; S5 13.775

Elevation: 115 meters (377ft)

Habitat: Secondary lowland rainforest

Description: TREE to 11.33m in height, DBH 25.9cm, trunk height to foliage 1.5m, crown height 9.83m, crown width 4.08m, buttresses up to 0.81m, OUTER BARK with lenticels, FISSURES vertical, BARK light brown, white, CAMBIUM light brown, yellow, WOOD 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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