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Catalog #: WP5C1247

Occurrence ID: bc8b828d-a04f-4204-a6a2-c46f6624c9cb

Family: Meliaceae

Observer: Binatang Research Center

Number: WP5C1247

Date: 2009-07-23

Verbatim Date: 14 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 9.47 m in height, DBH 12.1 cm, trunk height to foliage 3.58 m, crown height 5.89 m, crown width 5.25 m; foliage 5 kg mature wet mass, 0 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark smooth, rough, with lenticels; fissures horizontal, broad; bark black, dark brown, brown, light brown, white, grey; cambium brown, light brown, white; wood dark brown, brown, light brown, pink, white; exudate absent; DNA preserved in silica, wood sample preserved, from felled plot. Local name: maksang sipu sipu kike Local use: used for house framing, used for construction of small huts