Locality:
Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Yawan
-6.1642 146.840083
Elevation:
1738 meters
(5701ft)
Habitat:
Primary montane rainforest
Description:
tree, to 25 m in height, DBH 5.4 cm, trunk height to foliage 11.3 m, crown height 13.7 m, crown width 9.5 m; foliage 4 kg mature wet mass, 0.68 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark rough, flaky; fissures vertical, narrow; bark light brown, white, cream; cambium white, cream; wood white, cream; exudate absent, from felled plot. Local name: oning oning Local use: stem used in house construction; bark is burnt and ashes used as lime when chewed with betelnut