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Catalog #: WP1E0241

Occurrence ID: aa26a002-b393-457f-998f-41eca0a27ba9

Family: Meliaceae

Observer: Binatang Research Center

Number: WP1E0241

Date: 2009-11-30

Verbatim Date: 09 Aug 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 37.2 m in height, DBH 65.6 cm, trunk height to foliage 19.35 m, crown height 17.85 m, crown width 20.1 m, buttresses up to 2.1 m; foliage 125.2 kg mature wet mass, 1.6 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark flaky, with lenticels; bark brown, light brown, red, white; cambium light brown, cream; wood dark brown, brown, light brown, red; exudate absent; DNA preserved in silica, wood sample preserved, from felled plot. Local name: maksang sipu sipu kike Local use: used for house framing, used for construction of small huts