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Catalog #: WP1D0204

Occurrence ID: ec37e142-a65e-401a-b423-ba5b4354682a

Family: Lauraceae

Observer: Binatang Research Center

Number: WP1D0204

Date: 2007-07-21

Verbatim Date: 03 Jul 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 15.48 m in height, DBH 10.7 cm, trunk height to foliage 10.83 m, crown height 4.65 m, crown width 3.54 m; foliage 2.6 kg mature wet mass, 0.189 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark rough, with lenticels; fissures vertical, narrow; bark dark brown, brown; cambium brown, light brown, white; wood brown, light brown, orange, 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