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Catalog #: WP4D0792

Occurrence ID: be4ec523-731e-42f7-a396-6b643f63083d

Family: Lauraceae

Observer: Binatang Research Center

Number: WP4D0792

Date: 2007-07-23

Verbatim Date: 19 Mar 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 8.52 m in height, DBH 6.6 cm, trunk height to foliage 3.84 m, crown height 4.68 m, crown width 3.54 m; foliage 3 kg mature wet mass, 0.0574 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark smooth, rough; fissures broad; bark black, dark brown, green; cambium dark brown, brown; wood brown, light brown, yellow, 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