Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas - Occurrence Profile

Bell Museum plants (MIN:Plants)

Catalog #: 951736

Occurrence ID: 96f1f2db-f3ca-41c5-8198-07eac5d902cf

Secondary Catalog #: 1297876

Taxon: Piperaceae

Family: Piperaceae

Collector: Weiblen, G.D.

Number: YS1G0132

Date: 2010-11-19

Verbatim Date: 11/19/2010

Additional Collectors: Binatang Research Center

Locality: Papua New Guinea, Morobe, Yawan Village

Latitude/Longitude: -6.1631 146.840217

Verbatim Coordinates: E146 50.413, S6 9.786

Elevation: 1752 meters (5747ft)

Habitat: Secondary montane rainforest

Description: TREE to 8.7m in height, DBH 5.3cm, trunk height to foliage 4m, crown height 4.7m, crown width 2.5m, OUTER BARK smooth, rough, with lenticels, FISSURES vertical, narrow, BARK green,CAMBIUM light brown, WOOD white, green, EXUDATE absent, DNA preserved in silica, from felled plot.

Notes: Distribution: BRC, LAE, MIN; Local Name: kaip; Village Use: young leaves chewed with betelnut; stems used in temporary construction and as firewood

Specimen Media

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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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