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Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #: WP2A0522
Occurrence ID (GUID): 5d2c7a60-5555-4a49-9b70-93ca3564d2d2
Taxon: Litsea timoriana Span.
Family: Lauraceae
Collector: Binatang Research Center   WP2A0522   
Date: 2006-04-01
Verbatim Date: 01 Apr 2006
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Madang Province, Wanang
-5.2373  145.177183
Elevation: 115 meters (377ft)
Habitat: Primary lowland rainforest
Description: tree, to 8.65 m in height, DBH 12.1 cm, trunk height to foliage 2.4 m, crown height 6.25 m, crown width 5 m; foliage 9.2 kg mature wet mass, 0 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark smooth; fissures horizontal, narrow; bark dark brown, brown; cambium brown, light brown; wood dark brown, light brown, yellow; 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
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Record Id: 5d2c7a60-5555-4a49-9b70-93ca3564d2d2
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