Full Record Details

Catalog #: WP2A0522

Occurrence ID: 5d2c7a60-5555-4a49-9b70-93ca3564d2d2

Family: Lauraceae

Observer: Binatang Research Center

Number: WP2A0522

Date: 2006-04-01

Verbatim Date: 01 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 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