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Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #: WP1B0072
Occurrence ID (GUID): 16958e8d-8350-4330-83e5-c91c1957a66c
Taxon: Litsea timoriana Span.
Family: Lauraceae
Determiner: K. Damas (22 Jul 2007)
Collector: Binatang Research Center   WP1B0072   
Date: 2007-07-22
Verbatim Date: 20 Mar 2006
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Madang Province, Wanang
-5.2373  145.177183
Elevation: 115 meters (377ft)
Habitat: Primary lowland rainforest
Description: tree, to 12.4 m in height, DBH 8.6 cm, trunk height to foliage 9.2 m, crown height 3.2 m, crown width 3.1 m; foliage 3 kg mature wet mass, 0 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark smooth; bark dark brown, brown, red; cambium light brown, orange; wood light brown, white; exudate absent; DNA preserved in silica, 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
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Record Id: 16958e8d-8350-4330-83e5-c91c1957a66c
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