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Catalog #: YP1A0009

Occurrence ID: 0407a5c1-fe8a-4b6f-b7ce-dc41818d1175

Family: Meliaceae

Observer: Binatang Research Center

Number: YP1A0009

Date: 2011-08-16

Verbatim Date: 17 Sep 2010

Locality: Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Yawan

Latitude/Longitude: -6.162617  146.841967

Elevation: 1777 meters (5829ft)

Habitat: Primary montane rainforest

Description: tree, to 14.2 m in height, DBH 9.7 cm, trunk height to foliage 3.9 m, crown height 10.3 m, crown width 5.8 m; foliage 16 kg mature wet mass, 0.0679 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark with lenticels; fissures vertical, broad; bark brown; cambium brown; wood brown, light brown, white; exudate white; DNA preserved in silica, from felled plot. Local name: sobon Local use: timber for house, shed, and fencing construction