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Catalog #: NP4B0290

Occurrence ID: e7263311-8655-4576-8514-b043e1cd4444

Family: Lauraceae

Observer: Binatang Research Center

Number: NP4B0290

Date: 2014-07-18

Verbatim Date: 23 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 18.1 m in height, DBH 11.8 cm, trunk height to foliage 13.1 m, crown height 5 m, crown width 4.4 m; foliage 3 kg mature wet mass, 9 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark rough; bark grey; cambium brown, light brown; wood yellow, white; exudate absent; DNA preserved in silica, wood sample preserved, 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