Natural Science Specimen
Natural Science Specimen
Classifier
Scientific Name
Elaeocarpus culminicola Warb.
Classification
Family
Genus
Species
Specimen Category
Storage Method
Field Collection Place
Locality Description
[Papua] New Guinea, Morobe District, T.N.G., Wagau
Field Collection Date
12 Jan 1965
Field Collection Notes
Flora of New Guinea. Botanical Collections of the Division of Botany, Department of Forests, Lae.
Habitat: Advanced regrowth in gully near air strip.
Annot.: Erect, very large crowned tree, branching low down. Height 90 feet, bole 30 feet, d.b.h. 18 inches. Bark grey brown; shallow, longitudinal fissures; inner brown. Wood cream, very hard. Leaves mid green above, pale below; young leaved [leaves] tinged red. Sepals pale lime green. Petals white, anthers dark yellow, flower buds covered in sticky exudate.
Ex Herbario Musei Britannici. Plants collected on the British Museum (Natural History) - University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Expedition to New Guinea 1964-5 with the cooperation of the Division of Botany, Lae, T.N.G.
Dupl. sent to: L. Bri. Canb. A.K.
Bog. Sing. Syd. UH. PNH. US. Bish.
Field Collector
Field Collection latitude/longitude
-06.85, 146.8 (± 10 km)
146.8, 146.8 (± 10 km)
Last Update
14 Nov 2023
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