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Catalog #: NP4B0304

Occurrence ID: d707de2b-3e93-425a-b471-5df8434c42a3

Family: Lauraceae

Observer: Binatang Research Center

Number: NP4B0304

Date: 2014-08-26

Verbatim Date: 17 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 12.93 m in height, DBH 6 cm, trunk height to foliage 10 m, crown height 2.93 m, crown width 3.3 m; foliage 0.5 kg mature wet mass, 0.0803 kg juvenile wet mass; bark dark brown, brown, light brown, grey; 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