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Catalog #: YP1B0052

Occurrence ID: 6f29a815-e32b-4648-9a90-3a70349ed4ff

Family: Meliaceae

Observer: Binatang Research Center

Number: YP1B0052

Date: 2013-02-26

Verbatim Date: 28 May 2012

Locality: Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Yawan

Latitude/Longitude: -6.1637  146.842017

Elevation: 1749 meters (5737ft)

Habitat: Primary montane rainforest

Description: small tree, to 11.3 m in height, DBH 5.2 cm, trunk height to foliage 4.3 m, crown height 7 m, crown width 1.6 m; foliage 2 kg mature wet mass, 0.143 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark smooth, with lenticels; fissures vertical, narrow; bark brown, light brown, grey, green; cambium brown; wood brown, light brown; exudate white, cream; DNA preserved in silica, from felled plot. Local name: sobon Local use: timber for house, shed, and fencing construction