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Catalog #: NP4B0242

Occurrence ID: 160cc28a-a47e-4d93-8bcd-9bfa7ec75d70

Family: Moraceae

Observer: Binatang Research Center

Number: NP4B0242

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 23.4 m in height, DBH 22.6 cm, trunk height to foliage 17.2 m, crown height 6.2 m, crown width 4.6 m, buttresses up to 0.87 m; foliage 8 kg mature wet mass; outer bark smooth, flaky; bark yellow, white, grey, green; cambium pink, green; wood light brown, white; exudate white, cream; DNA preserved in silica, from felled plot. Local name: kaura kurua Local use: Bark beaten to create painting cloth for ceremonial dances and malo (loin cloth)