Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas - Occurrence Profile

Bell Museum plants (MIN:Plants)

Catalog #: 951781

Occurrence ID: 14e5ee9e-dd26-41bc-8c47-6574a5168436

Secondary Catalog #: 1297928

Taxon: Piperaceae

Family: Piperaceae

Determiner: G. Sosanika

Date Determined: 8/18/2011

Collector: Weiblen, G.D.

Number: YS4G0363

Date: 2011-01-28

Verbatim Date: 1/28/2011

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 9.9m in height, DBH 7.7cm, trunk height to foliage 3.9m, crown height 6m, crown width 5m, OUTER BARK smooth, with lenticels, BARK brown, green,CAMBIUM light brown, WOOD brown, white, EXUDATE absent, DNA preserved in silica, from felled plot.

Notes: Distribution: BRC, LAE, MIN; Local Name: mogum; magoron; Village Use: leaves used to cover bamboo water containers and to impart an aroma to drinking water; stems used in temporary construction and 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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