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Catalog #: WP2A0450

Occurrence ID: d8d5be4e-c83b-4001-9913-e2798e5aeee9

Family: Lauraceae

Observer: Binatang Research Center

Number: WP2A0450

Date: 2006-04-04

Verbatim Date: 04 Apr 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 17.75 m in height, DBH 19.9 cm, trunk height to foliage 9.6 m, crown height 8.15 m, crown width 8.85 m, buttresses up to 0.15 m; foliage 13 kg mature wet mass, 0 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark rough, with lenticels; fissures vertical, narrow; bark dark brown, brown; cambium dark brown; wood light brown, white, cream; exudate absent; DNA preserved in silica, wood sample preserved, 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