Locality:
Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Yawan
-6.164067 146.83985
Elevation:
1719 meters
(5638ft)
Habitat:
Primary montane rainforest
Description:
pandanus, to 6.6 m in height, DBH 7.1 cm, trunk height to foliage 2.9 m, crown height 3.7 m, crown width 4 m; foliage 6 kg mature wet mass, 0.332 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark rough, flaky; fissures horizontal, broad; bark brown, light brown; cambium brown, light brown; wood brown, light brown; exudate absent; DNA preserved in silica, from felled plot. Local name: jigan Local use: split stems used for flooring and fireplaces; leaves used for thatched roofing and weaving mats and string bags