Celtis philippensis Blanco

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Plants of New Guinea
Collector: Weìblen, G.D.
Ulmaceae
Celtis
philippensis Blanco
Specimen No: WP3A0601 Collection Date: 30-Aug-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: nimung
Village use:
used for construction of small huts, leaves are chewed
with betel nut, saplings used for roofing
Description:
TREE to 41.55m in height, DBH 67.4cm, trunk height
to foliage 23.75m, crown height 17.8m, crown width
16.7m, buttresses up to 1.1m, OUTER BARK with
lenticels, FISSURES vertical, BARK brown, light
brown, white, green, CAMBIUM brown, WOOD brown,
light brown, LATEX absent, from 1 ha plot.
Determined by: K. Damas	Date: 24-Sep-07
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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