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Catalog #: YS1J0009

Occurrence ID: 907dd755-5d41-407f-9b34-b4cb3f9ebc98

Family: Urticaceae

Observer: Binatang Research Center

Number: YS1J0009

Date: 2013-06-04

Verbatim Date: 18 Jun 2012

Locality: Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Yawan

Latitude/Longitude: -6.164683  146.841717

Elevation: 1855 meters (6084ft)

Habitat: Secondary montane rainforest

Description: tree, to 13.8 m in height, DBH 13 cm, trunk height to foliage 6.8 m, crown height 7 m, crown width 6 m; foliage 16 kg mature wet mass, 0.0204 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark rough, flaky; fissures vertical, narrow; bark black, dark brown, brown; cambium light brown; wood brown, light brown; DNA preserved in silica, wood sample preserved, from felled plot. Local name: Udan Local use: Firewood and wood shed; Fruit bait for birds; bark is used to manipulate hair and to make dread locks.