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Catalog #: NP2B0102

Occurrence ID: 5c9bc49a-35b7-4b3f-97e6-21c6f208d312

Family: Lauraceae

Observer: Binatang Research Center

Number: NP2B0102

Date: 2014-08-18

Verbatim Date: 26 Mar 2014

Locality: Papua New Guinea, Madang, Numba

Latitude/Longitude: -5.7222  145.2714

Elevation: 1200 meters (3936ft)

Habitat: Primary lower montane forest

Description: tree, to 12.23 m in height, DBH 7.7 cm, trunk height to foliage 8.6 m, crown height 3.63 m, crown width 4.53 m; foliage 1.5 kg mature wet mass; outer bark with lenticels; fissures vertical, narrow; bark dark brown, brown, light brown; cambium light brown, white; wood white; exudate absent; from felled plot. Local name: mondu, wega wega Local use: Timber for fence construction and for posts, frame, flooring, and walls in house construction; firewood; wood for making dundu drums