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Catalog #: WP5D1231

Occurrence ID: 819b293f-1236-41b3-8f9d-70ab7a69cab2

Family: Lauraceae

Observer: Binatang Research Center

Number: WP5D1231

Date: 2007-07-21

Verbatim Date: 17 May 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 10.3 m in height, DBH 7.2 cm, trunk height to foliage 0.85 m, crown height 9.45 m, crown width 4.6 m; foliage 4 kg mature wet mass, 0.2069 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark with lenticels; bark black, dark brown, brown, green; cambium brown; wood brown, light brown; 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