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Catalog #: WP5C1151

Occurrence ID: 1cccc2da-9e2a-49eb-813a-07b7528292bc

Family: Lauraceae

Observer: Binatang Research Center

Number: WP5C1151

Date: 2007-08-29

Verbatim Date: 18 Jun 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 8.68 m in height, DBH 5.9 cm, trunk height to foliage 5.89 m, crown height 2.79 m, crown width 3.33 m, buttresses up to 0.25 m; foliage 2.2 kg mature wet mass, 0 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark smooth, rough, with lenticels; fissures broad; bark black, dark brown, brown, light brown, white, grey, green; cambium dark brown, brown; wood light brown, 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