Dysoxylum arborescens (Blume) Miq.

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Plants of New Guinea
Collector: Weiblen, G.D.
University of Minnesota Herbarium
WP3B1309	Meliaceae
Dysoxylum arborescens (Blume) Miq.
det: G. Sosanika
30-NOV-09
Meliaceae
Dysoxylum
alliaceum (Blume) Blume
Specimen No: WP3B1309 Collection Date: 28-Jun-07
Location: Wanang Village, Madang Province, PNG
Lat: S5 14.238 Long: E145 10.631 Elev. (m):115
Habitat Description: Primary lowland rainforest
Local Name: maksan
Village use:
timber for house construction, used for fencing
Description:
TREE to 40.25m in height, DBH 64cm, trunk height to
foliage 22.35m, crown height 17.9m, crown width
12.49m, buttresses up to 2.38m, OUTER BARK flaky,
with lenticels, FISSURES vertical, broad, narrow,
BARK black, dark brown, brown, light brown, grey,
CAMBIUM light brown, red, WOOD dark brown, brown,
light brown, LATEX absent, from 1 ha plot.
Determined by: K. Damas	Date: 14-Jan-08
Duplicate Distribution: BRC, LAE, MIN, US, A, KEW,
L, CANB, SING, F, MO, NY
A voucher specimen for collaborative research on plant-insect
relationships by the New Guinea Binatang Research Center (BRC),
PNG Forest Research Institute (LAE), the National Museum of Natural
History, Smithsonian Institute (US), and the Bell Museum of Natural
History at the University of Minnesota (MIN) with support from the US
National Science Foundation under permit 1356-2005.
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