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Catalog #: WP3C0631

Occurrence ID: 527e69c7-98c7-4c6e-9576-8ef358e49f7d

Family: Lauraceae

Observer: Binatang Research Center

Number: WP3C0631

Date: 2007-07-23

Verbatim Date: 03 Apr 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 13 m in height, DBH 10.2 cm, trunk height to foliage 10.88 m, crown height 2.12 m, crown width 4.44 m; foliage 5 kg mature wet mass, 0 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark smooth, rough, with lenticels; fissures broad, narrow; bark black, dark brown, white, grey; cambium brown, light brown; wood dark brown, brown, light brown, white; 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