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Catalog #: WP2E0317

Occurrence ID: 187ff88e-be8e-4608-ba19-61e0e7291039

Family: Lauraceae

Observer: Binatang Research Center

Number: WP2E0317

Date: 2007-07-22

Verbatim Date: 09 Sep 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 7.05 m in height, DBH 5.3 cm, trunk height to foliage 4.5 m, crown height 2.55 m, crown width 1.95 m; foliage 0.1675 kg mature wet mass, 0 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark smooth; bark black, dark brown, brown, grey; cambium brown, light brown, red; wood 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