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Catalog #: NP3B0228

Occurrence ID: 1e7f2fc3-2cc4-43fb-a9cb-acfbb2076d38

Family: Lauraceae

Observer: Binatang Research Center

Number: NP3B0228

Date: 2014-06-23

Verbatim Date: 23 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 9.12 m in height, DBH 5.2 cm, trunk height to foliage 6.42 m, crown height 2.7 m, crown width 2.1 m; foliage 2 kg mature wet mass; outer bark with lenticels; fissures vertical, narrow; bark brown, light brown; cambium light brown; wood white; exudate absent; DNA preserved in silica, 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