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Catalog #: WP2D0375

Occurrence ID: 8c911995-5102-4216-a087-50b7f6f80005

Family: Lauraceae

Observer: Binatang Research Center

Number: WP2D0375

Date: 2006-08-18

Verbatim Date: 18 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 8.68 m in height, DBH 8 cm, trunk height to foliage 5.93 m, crown height 2.75 m, crown width 2.5 m; foliage 0.1 kg mature wet mass, 0.0554 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark smooth, with lenticels; bark brown, white, green; cambium brown; wood 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