Locality:
Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Yawan
-6.16255 146.839933
Elevation:
1721 meters
(5645ft)
Habitat:
Secondary montane rainforest
Description:
tree fern, to 8.3 m in height, DBH 10.8 cm, trunk height to foliage 3.5 m, crown height 4.8 m, crown width 3.5 m; foliage 3.5 kg mature wet mass; outer bark rough; bark black, dark brown, brown; cambium black, brown, white, grey; wood white; exudate absent, from felled plot. Local name: kodilom Local use: timber for house and shed construction; leaves are edible and used as cushions