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Catalog #: WP3C0661

Occurrence ID: 7d20a400-2eba-4d28-9048-56a7e40ce969

Family: Lauraceae

Observer: Binatang Research Center

Number: WP3C0661

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 6.31 m in height, DBH 7.6 cm, trunk height to foliage 2.18 m, crown height 4.13 m, crown width 3.38 m; foliage 1.5 kg mature wet mass, 0 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark smooth, rough, with lenticels; fissures broad; bark black, dark brown, white, grey; cambium dark brown, brown, light brown; wood black, 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