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Catalog #: YS4J0190

Occurrence ID: 99f12c79-3ba3-4589-931a-2b2fb9312acd

Family: Urticaceae

Observer: Binatang Research Center

Number: YS4J0190

Date: 2013-02-13

Verbatim Date: 28 Nov 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 14.8 m in height, DBH 23.3 cm, trunk height to foliage 3 m, crown height 11.8 m, crown width 7 m; foliage 20 kg mature wet mass, 0.078 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark with lenticels; fissures vertical, narrow; bark brown; 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.