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Catalog #: WP1A0023

Occurrence ID: c66761df-38e4-407c-a275-8ac629843438

Family: Lauraceae

Observer: Binatang Research Center

Number: WP1A0023

Date: 2007-07-22

Verbatim Date: 04 Mar 2006

Locality: Papua New Guinea, Madang Province, Wanang

Latitude/Longitude: -5.2373  145.177183

Elevation: 115 meters (377ft)

Habitat: Primary lowland rainforest

Description: tree, to 10.2 m in height, DBH 7.6 cm, trunk height to foliage 5.4 m, crown height 4.8 m, crown width 5 m; foliage 4.4 kg mature wet mass, 0.9869 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark smooth; bark brown; cambium brown; wood brown, yellow; exudate absent; DNA preserved in silica, wood sample preserved, from felled plot. Local name: malang malang Local use: used for fencing, young leaves are chewed with betel nuts, timber for house construction, used for constructing small huts, used for firewood