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Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #: WP2A0427
Occurrence ID (GUID): 1903415a-1bd5-480e-8f49-c1cdc69800f4
Taxon: Litsea timoriana Span.
Family: Lauraceae
Collector: Binatang Research Center   WP2A0427   
Date: 2006-04-06
Verbatim Date: 06 Apr 2006
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Madang Province, Wanang
-5.2373  145.177183
Elevation: 115 meters (377ft)
Habitat: Primary lowland rainforest
Description: tree, to 11.25 m in height, DBH 6.9 cm, trunk height to foliage 5.05 m, crown height 6.2 m, crown width 3 m; foliage 1.2 kg mature wet mass, 0 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark smooth, with lenticels; bark black, dark brown, brown, light brown, green; cambium brown, light brown, orange; wood black, brown, 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
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Record Id: 1903415a-1bd5-480e-8f49-c1cdc69800f4
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