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Catalog #: NP2B0120

Occurrence ID: edf1e74d-d4d5-45f2-9665-c9121ecbad24

Family: Meliaceae

Observer: Binatang Research Center

Number: NP2B0120

Date: 2014-09-10

Verbatim Date: 02 Apr 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 12.3 m in height, DBH 9.3 cm, trunk height to foliage 5.6 m, crown height 6.7 m, crown width 3.87 m; foliage 2 kg mature wet mass; outer bark with lenticels; fissures vertical, broad, narrow; bark black, dark brown, brown, light brown; cambium light brown; wood black, brown, light brown, white; exudate absent; from felled plot. Local name: mungei Local use: Timber for fence construction and for posts, frame, flooring, and walls in house construction; firewood for cooking; digging tool