Bell Museum plants (MIN:Plants)
951784
b9eebc49-57ed-4e2f-9cb6-663a98b50b5a
1297918
Piperaceae
Piperaceae
K. Molem
3/1/2012
Weiblen, G.D.
YS3G0264
2010-12-07
12/7/2010
Binatang Research Center
Papua New Guinea, Morobe, Yawan Village
-6.1631 146.840217
E146 50.413, S6 9.786
1752 meters (5747ft)
Secondary montane rainforest
SMALL TREE to 7m in height, DBH 5.3cm, trunk height to foliage 3.4m, crown height 3.6m, crown width 2.5m, OUTER BARK smooth, rough, with lenticels, FISSURES vertical, narrow, BARK green,CAMBIUM green, WOOD light brown, white, grey, EXUDATE absent, DNA preserved in silica, from felled plot.
Distribution: BRC, LAE, MIN; Local Name: kaip; Village Use: young leaves chewed with betelnut; stems used in temporary construction and as firewood
Bell Museum, University of Minnesota
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