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Catalog #: WP3B0604

Occurrence ID: f2cf5af0-c706-4666-9918-1c9ad0319844

Family: Lauraceae

Observer: Binatang Research Center

Number: WP3B0604

Date: 2007-08-21

Verbatim Date: 26 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 14.08 m in height, DBH 10.5 cm, trunk height to foliage 3.18 m, crown height 10.9 m, crown width 4.85 m; foliage 5.8 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 dark brown, brown, light brown; exudate absent, 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