Wood and bark - Specimen details

Wood and bark - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 79172

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Plant Name 67.01 MYRTACEAE Syzygium sp Entry Book Number
Artefact Name Wood and bark Vernacular Name
Iso Country Papua New Guinea TDWG Region Papua New Guinea
Parts Held Wood and bark Geography Description Mount Jaya, Papua New Guinea
Uses Wood and barkUse: User: Not defined TDWG use
Storage Woods size B Related Items
Donor Donor No
Donor Date Donor Notes
Collector Edwards PJ with: Johns RJ (K), Utteridge TMA (K), Willis FR (K), Hamzah (BO), Sutrisna (BO). Collector No 4129
Collection Notes Collection Date 15/03/1999
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Eve Lucas - Herbariumx0Dx0AFLORA OF MOUNT JAYA, PAPUA, INDONESIA (NEW GUINEA)x0Dx0Ax0Dx0ACollecting notes: Mimika Regency, PT-Freeport Indonesia Concession Area: Rimba Irian Golf Course, on outskirts of Kuala Kencana.x0Dx0Ax0Dx0AUndisturbed lowland tropical rain forest withi, n and surrounding the course with mixed species composition.x0Dx0Ax0Dx0ASmall tree c.3.5m tall and 6cm dbh, in small canopy gap. Branches, twigs and leaves covered in liveroworts (most removed prior to pressing). Bark reddish-brwon, smooth. Branches at c.10° abov, e the horizontal. Leaves dark, olive-green and glossy adaxially, abaxially a greyish lime-green and subglossy. Most leaves very damaged by insects. Flowers in clusters on trunk and bases of branches at 1.5 to 2.5m up, perianth pale yellow-green. + WOOD, B, ARK, SPIRIT (flowers).x0Dx0Ax0Dx0AHerbaria: BO, MAN, L (Leiden, Rijksherbarium), FRE.x0Dx0Ax0Dx0ARoyal Botan Gardens, Kew; Herbarium Bogoriense, Kebun Raya Bogor, the Biodiveristy Centre, Cenderawasih Univeristy, Manokwari - with assistance from Rio Tinto and PT-Freeport, Indonesia.x0Dx0Ax0Dx0APlease send new determinations to Irian Jaya Coordinator, RBG Kew, TW9 3AE, UK.

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