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Catalog #: WP3B0607

Occurrence ID: 7001fb39-b44b-4027-93f2-756fa3a7aff8

Family: Lauraceae

Observer: Binatang Research Center

Number: WP3B0607

Date: 2007-09-21

Verbatim Date: 27 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 11.09 m in height, DBH 8 cm, trunk height to foliage 2.3 m, crown height 8.79 m, crown width 3.8 m, buttresses up to 0.15 m; foliage 3.2 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 brown, light brown; wood dark brown, brown, 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