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Catalog #: WP3A0579

Occurrence ID: e12c5287-9801-4345-baac-664540cc4058

Family: Lauraceae

Observer: Binatang Research Center

Number: WP3A0579

Date: 2007-09-05

Verbatim Date: 06 Jul 2007

Locality: Papua New Guinea, Madang Province, Wanang

Latitude/Longitude: -5.2373  145.177183

Elevation: 115 meters (377ft)

Habitat: Primary lowland rainforest

Description: tree, to 7.26 m in height, DBH 8.6 cm, trunk height to foliage 1 m, crown height 6.26 m, crown width 2.85 m; foliage 1.2 kg mature wet mass, 0 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark rough, with lenticels; fissures broad; bark black, dark brown, brown, light brown, grey; cambium dark brown, brown, light brown; wood brown, light 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