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Catalog #: WP5A1347

Occurrence ID: b1a8cb1e-a3f8-424f-a538-993fabc5a74c

Family: Euphorbiaceae

Observer: Binatang Research Center

Number: WP5A1347

Date: 2008-01-16

Verbatim Date: 29 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 6.97 m in height, DBH 5 cm, trunk height to foliage 3.27 m, crown height 3.7 m, crown width 3.8 m; foliage 1.2 kg mature wet mass, 0 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark smooth; fissures vertical, narrow; bark brown, light brown, white, green; cambium yellow, white, grey; wood light brown, yellow, 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