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Catalog #: WP3B0617

Occurrence ID: 89a14a5d-aaaf-4502-a1b9-dcd8347b9b85

Family: Lauraceae

Observer: Binatang Research Center

Number: WP3B0617

Date: 2007-08-29

Verbatim Date: 25 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 7.97 m in height, DBH 5 cm, trunk height to foliage 5.8 m, crown height 2.17 m, crown width 1.65 m; foliage 1.4 kg mature wet mass, 0 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark smooth, rough, with lenticels; fissures broad; bark black, dark brown, brown, light brown, grey; cambium dark brown, brown, light brown; wood 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