Full Record Details

Catalog #: WP4B0856

Occurrence ID: e4792b0c-ffe2-4378-8884-1685674bd9d9

Family: Lauraceae

Observer: Binatang Research Center

Number: WP4B0856

Date: 2007-09-22

Verbatim Date: 15 Aug 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 12.88 m in height, DBH 7.7 cm, trunk height to foliage 7.88 m, crown height 5 m, crown width 3.56 m; foliage 1.8 kg mature wet mass, 0 kg juvenile wet mass; bark brown, grey; cambium red; wood 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