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Catalog #: WP1B0098

Occurrence ID: 14ec8986-5e48-42bb-9268-69f5b6fd0585

Family: Lauraceae

Observer: Binatang Research Center

Number: WP1B0098

Date: 2007-07-22

Verbatim Date: 18 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 8.5 m in height, DBH 6 cm, trunk height to foliage 6 m, crown height 2.5 m, crown width 6 m; foliage 0 kg mature wet mass, 0 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark smooth; fissures narrow; bark brown, light brown; cambium light brown; wood brown, light brown; 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