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Classification	Araliaceae: Osmoxylon
Complex Object	This is a complex collection object (2 items with 2 preparations)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)	00249731; 00249732
Collector	W. N. Takeuchi & J. Wiakabu
Collector number	10019
Country	Papua New Guinea
State	New Ireland
Geography	Oceania: Papuasia (Region): Papua New Guinea: New Ireland
Locality	near the junction of the Niagra and Weitin River (site 2) in and around transect 1. centered on coordinates 152 deg 56' 242" E x deg. 30.210' S
Date Collected	1994-01-**
Elevation	240 m
Habitat	mature lowland rainforest along Weitin River
Organism/Item	1 of 2
GUID	http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/f2c576b7-eaa6-425f-a4a8-e0bdcf775d67
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode	00249731
Herbarium	A
Family	Araliaceae
Determination	Osmoxylon novoguineense (Scheffer) Beccari
Determined by	W. Takeuchi (LAE)
Date Determined	1994-01-**
Determination Remarks	[0] [is label name]
Family	Araliaceae
Determination	Osmoxylon novoguineense (Scheffer) Beccari
Determined by	Lowry, Porter Prescott
Date Determined	2019
Determination Remarks	[is filed under name] [is Current name]
Sex	not determined
Phenology	NotDetermined
Preparation Type	Sheet
Preparation Method	Pressed
Item Remarks	flowers and pseudofruits bottled
Organism/Item	2 of 2
GUID	http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/7e01932c-c678-4fcc-b7a6-78f568375221
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode	00249732
Herbarium	A
Family	Araliaceae
Determination	Osmoxylon novoguineense (Scheffer) Beccari
Determined by	Porter P. Lowry
Date Determined	2019
Determination Remarks	[is filed under name] [is Current name]
Sex	not determined
Phenology	Flower
Preparation Type	Sheet
Preparation Method	Pressed
Item Remarks	flowers and pseudofruits bottled


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Remarks

[description continued] stipules prominent, green, forming an axillary ligule with 2 carinal crests, typically 4-5 cm long; leaf venation penninerved in each lobe, main veins conspicuous, reticulum mostly hidden; inflorescence terminal, umbellate through 3 orders, primary rays to approx. 35 cm long, inserted over the surface of a dilate and somewhat clavate pedestal, entirely glabrous; peduncle with a stipitate head of pseudofruits at its summit, each of the lateral branches ascending and ending in an umbellule of bisexual flowers, the lateral axes distinctly articulate and about halfway up, pedicels to c. 15 mm.