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Catalog #: WP2B0545

Occurrence ID: 84da8f94-6495-444d-9c6d-11f982100161

Family: Lauraceae

Observer: Binatang Research Center

Number: WP2B0545

Date: 2007-07-21

Verbatim Date: 25 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 13 m in height, trunk height to foliage 7.85 m, crown height 5.15 m, crown width 5.25 m; foliage 3 kg mature wet mass, 0 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark smooth; bark black, dark brown, brown, grey; cambium dark brown, red; wood dark 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