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Catalog #: WP5A0999

Occurrence ID: 6e8b6fbc-7dab-4e2d-9af7-b0634f185988

Family: Euphorbiaceae

Observer: Binatang Research Center

Number: WP5A0999

Date: 2007-11-22

Verbatim Date: 28 Sep 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 7.45 m in height, DBH 6.2 cm, trunk height to foliage 2.9 m, crown height 4.55 m, crown width 4.1 m; foliage 2 kg mature wet mass, 0 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark smooth, with lenticels; fissures vertical, horizontal, narrow; bark brown, light brown, green; cambium brown, light brown; wood brown, light brown, white; exudate absent; DNA preserved in silica, wood sample preserved, from felled plot. Local name: siau siau Local use: timber for house construction, used for construction of small huts, used for firewood