Full Record Details

Catalog #: NP4B0267

Occurrence ID: bae71bce-b404-4619-8736-2149675d9759

Family: Lauraceae

Observer: Binatang Research Center

Number: NP4B0267

Date: 2014-09-09

Verbatim Date: 16 May 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 24.1 m in height, DBH 19.2 cm, trunk height to foliage 16.8 m, crown height 7.3 m, crown width 4.45 m, buttresses up to 0.32 m; foliage 4 kg mature wet mass; outer bark smooth; bark brown, light brown, white, grey; cambium light brown; wood yellow, green; 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