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Catalog #: YS3J0138

Occurrence ID: dc3b259f-ae9c-4830-b650-925643a043b3

Family: Urticaceae

Observer: Binatang Research Center

Number: YS3J0138

Date: 2013-02-13

Verbatim Date: 23 Nov 2012

Locality: Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Yawan

Latitude/Longitude: -6.164683  146.841717

Elevation: 1855 meters (6084ft)

Habitat: Secondary montane rainforest

Description: to 15 m in height, DBH 14.8 cm, trunk height to foliage 2.9 m, crown height 12.1 m, crown width 5 m; foliage 4 kg mature wet mass, 0.203 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark with lenticels; fissures vertical, narrow; bark white; cambium light brown; wood white; exudate absent; DNA preserved in silica, 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.