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Catalog #: WS1E0961

Occurrence ID: 4e5c9395-cbde-43b9-8c59-977921a18514

Family: Urticaceae

Observer: Binatang Research Center

Number: WS1E0961

Date: 2007-07-27

Verbatim Date: 27 Jul 2007

Locality: Papua New Guinea, Madang Province, Wanang

Latitude/Longitude: -5.229583  145.178467

Elevation: 115 meters (377ft)

Habitat: Secondary lowland rainforest

Description: tree, to 8.4 m in height, DBH 15.5 cm, trunk height to foliage 1.58 m, crown height 6.82 m, crown width 5.85 m; foliage 22.8 kg mature wet mass, 0.2587 kg juvenile wet mass; bark brown, grey; cambium red; wood red; exudate absent; DNA preserved in silica, wood sample preserved, from felled plot. Local name: sikiang irikal ningi Local use: leaves are used as steel wool, used for construction of small huts