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Catalog #: WP4B1332

Occurrence ID: 19f8e111-a6b0-439f-814f-14302bf64dde

Family: Lauraceae

Observer: Binatang Research Center

Number: WP4B1332

Date: 2007-11-13

Verbatim Date: 09 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 6.9 m in height, DBH 5.1 cm, trunk height to foliage 4.5 m, crown height 2.4 m, crown width 2.5 m; foliage 1 kg mature wet mass, 0 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark with lenticels; bark brown, grey; cambium red; wood yellow; exudate absent; DNA preserved in silica, wood sample preserved, 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