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Catalog #: WP5E1270

Occurrence ID: b94df4f9-41a3-4203-af85-e7358aa5ebb2

Family: Lauraceae

Observer: Binatang Research Center

Number: WP5E1270

Date: 2007-07-23

Verbatim Date: 25 Apr 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 10.53 m in height, DBH 7.7 cm, trunk height to foliage 9.03 m, crown height 1.5 m, crown width 1.35 m; foliage 0.7 kg mature wet mass, 0 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark smooth, rough, with lenticels; fissures vertical, broad, narrow; bark black, dark brown, brown, light brown, white, grey; cambium dark brown, brown; wood dark brown, brown, light brown, white; 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