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Catalog #: WP3D0691

Occurrence ID: b2b03a3f-d523-4a5a-af52-5c7c7a974c6b

Family: Lauraceae

Observer: Binatang Research Center

Number: WP3D0691

Date: 2007-07-23

Verbatim Date: 12 Feb 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 9.62 m in height, DBH 6.9 cm, trunk height to foliage 6.47 m, crown height 3.15 m, crown width 3.05 m; foliage 2.7 kg mature wet mass, 0 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark smooth; bark brown, white, grey, green; cambium brown; wood 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