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Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #: WP5C1358
Occurrence ID (GUID): 566e018f-06c7-463d-8c6d-a4c8ef703a6d
Taxon: Litsea timoriana Span.
Family: Lauraceae
Determiner: K. Damas (29 Aug 2007)
Collector: Binatang Research Center   WP5C1358   
Date: 2007-08-29
Verbatim Date: 18 Jun 2007
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Madang Province, Wanang
-5.2373  145.177183
Elevation: 115 meters (377ft)
Habitat: Primary lowland rainforest
Description: tree, to 7.45 m in height, DBH 5 cm, trunk height to foliage 4.85 m, crown height 2.6 m, crown width 2.62 m; foliage 0.5845 kg mature wet mass, 0 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark smooth, rough; fissures broad; bark black, dark brown, brown, grey; cambium dark brown, brown, light brown; wood brown, light brown, yellow, white; exudate absent; DNA preserved in silica, wood sample preserved, 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
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Record Id: 566e018f-06c7-463d-8c6d-a4c8ef703a6d
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