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Catalog #: WP3E0742

Occurrence ID: a5a142ff-6d49-4925-ae4f-5f39fb0a474d

Family: Lauraceae

Observer: Binatang Research Center

Number: WP3E0742

Date: 2007-07-21

Verbatim Date: 27 Sep 2006

Locality: Papua New Guinea, Madang Province, Wanang

Latitude/Longitude: -5.2373  145.177183

Elevation: 115 meters (377ft)

Habitat: Primary lowland rainforest

Description: tree, to 12.45 m in height, DBH 8 cm, trunk height to foliage 6.35 m, crown height 6.1 m, crown width 2.6 m; foliage 1 kg mature wet mass, 0 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark smooth; bark dark brown, white, grey, green; cambium cream, green; wood 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