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Catalog #: WP2B0494

Occurrence ID: d6383767-91ed-40a7-87a5-b3f0c2bce6c5

Family: Lauraceae

Observer: Binatang Research Center

Number: WP2B0494

Date: 2007-07-21

Verbatim Date: 04 May 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 13.34 m in height, DBH 11.4 cm, trunk height to foliage 10.12 m, crown height 3.22 m, crown width 5.85 m, buttresses up to 0.6 m; foliage 3.4 kg mature wet mass, 0 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark smooth; bark brown; cambium brown; wood light brown; 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