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Catalog #: WP3B0584

Occurrence ID: a7bc737e-4b87-417d-b579-18456f691865

Family: Lauraceae

Observer: Binatang Research Center

Number: WP3B0584

Date: 2007-08-29

Verbatim Date: 23 Jun 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 5.6 m in height, DBH 5 cm, trunk height to foliage 4.5 m, crown height 1.1 m, crown width 2.2 m; foliage 4.86 kg mature wet mass, 0 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark rough, with lenticels; fissures vertical, narrow; bark black, dark brown, white, grey, green; cambium brown, grey, green; wood light brown, yellow, white, grey; 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