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Catalog #: WP1C0133

Occurrence ID: 9be17522-dc0c-44ce-8543-7c1612b1b610

Family: Lauraceae

Observer: Binatang Research Center

Number: WP1C0133

Date: 2007-07-22

Verbatim Date: 25 May 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 10.4 m in height, DBH 6.6 cm, trunk height to foliage 8.1 m, crown height 2.3 m, crown width 5.1 m; foliage 1 kg mature wet mass, 0.0243 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark smooth, with lenticels; bark brown; cambium brown; wood light brown, yellow; 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