Locality:
Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Yawan
-6.1631 146.840217
Elevation:
1752 meters
(5747ft)
Habitat:
Secondary montane rainforest
Description:
pandanus, to 16.5 m in height, DBH 17 cm, trunk height to foliage 13.3 m, crown height 3.2 m, crown width 3.5 m; foliage 21 kg mature wet mass, 0.334 kg juvenile wet mass; bark brown; cambium light brown; wood white; exudate absent; DNA preserved in silica, from felled plot. Local name: umong Local use: split stems used for fencing, flooring, house posts, and fireplaces; leaves used for roofing and weaving; roots used in tying grass skirts