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Catalog (Accession) #: 951698
Occurrence ID (GUID): 6c5b3e2e-8b25-415f-8928-72f341362dd9
Secondary Catalog (Accession) #: 1297873
Taxon: Macaranga pleiostemona Pax & K.Hoffm.
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Collector: Weiblen, G.D.   YS2F0154   
Date: 2010-07-22
Verbatim Date: 7/22/2010
Additional Collectors: Binatang Research Center
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Morobe, Yawan Village
-6.16255  146.839933
Verbatim Coordinates: E146 50.396, S6 9.753
Elevation: 1721 meters (5645ft)
Habitat: Secondary montane rainforest
Description: TREE to 11.5m in height, DBH 5.8cm, trunk height to foliage 8.3m, crown height 3.2m, crown width 2.6m, OUTER BARK smooth, with lenticels, FISSURES vertical, narrow, BARK brown, grey,CAMBIUM brown, green, WOOD brown, EXUDATE absent, from felled plot.
Notes: Distribution: BRC, LAE, MIN, US, GH; Local Name: komim; sokovet; Village Use: timber for house and frame, shed and fencing construction; leaves used for smoking; firewood
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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.
Record Id: 6c5b3e2e-8b25-415f-8928-72f341362dd9
For additional information on this specimen, please contact: Dr. George Weiblen (museum-herbarium@umn.edu)
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