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Catalog #: WP2D0328

Occurrence ID: b2cc29da-5cbe-4b71-9598-959f62b76f2c

Family: Lauraceae

Observer: Binatang Research Center

Number: WP2D0328

Date: 2007-07-22

Verbatim Date: 14 Aug 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 14.45 m in height, DBH 10.3 cm, trunk height to foliage 10.8 m, crown height 3.65 m, crown width 4.4 m; foliage 1.8 kg mature wet mass, 0 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark flaky, with lenticels; fissures vertical; bark brown, green; cambium brown; wood black, 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