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Catalog #: WP1B0092

Occurrence ID: d38caffe-4d7c-44af-a87e-12d92c31250a

Family: Lauraceae

Observer: Binatang Research Center

Number: WP1B0092

Date: 2007-07-21

Verbatim Date: 21 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 15.6 m in height, DBH 11.6 cm, trunk height to foliage 10 m, crown height 5.6 m, crown width 3.3 m, buttresses up to 0.3 m; foliage 3.8 kg mature wet mass, 0.0648 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark rough, with lenticels; fissures horizontal; bark brown; cambium brown, light brown; wood light brown, orange, yellow, white; 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