Callicarpa longifolia Lam.

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Pap
Plants of New Guinea
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Lamiaccae	Collector: Weiblen, 6.D.
Callicarpa
longifolia Lam.
Specimen No: WS3C0652 Collection Date: 08-Dec-06
Location: Wanang Village, Madang Province, PNG
Lat: S5 13.775 Long: E145 10.708 Elev. (m): 115
Habitat Description: Secondary lowland rainforest
Local Name: suming
Village use:
used for garden fencing, bark chewed like betel nut,
leaves used as toilet tissue, used for firewood
Description:
TREE to 8.24m in height, DBH 6.2cm, trunk height to
foliage 2.89m, crown height 5.35m, crown width 8.64m,
OUTER BARK smooth, rough, FISSURES vertical,
horizontal, broad, narrow, BARK black, dark brown,
brown, light brown, white, grey, CAMBIUM brown, light
brown, green, WOOD dark brown, brown, light brown,
orange, LATEX absent, from 1 ha plot.
Determined by: K. Damas	Date: 16-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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