Calophyllum scriblitifolium (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Calophyllum scriblitifolium M.R. Henderson & Wyatt-Smith

Protologue: Gard. Bull. Sing. 15: 326 (1956).

Vernacular names

• Malaysia: bintangor kelim (Peninsular).

Distribution

Malaysia (Peninsular, Sarawak), Sumatra.

Uses

The timber is probably used as bintangor.

Observations

• A large tree up to 45 m tall with bole up to 95 cm in diameter, without buttresses but sometimes with knee roots; twigs 4- or 8-angled when young, terminal bud plump, 12-22(-29) mm long.
• Leaves oblong to elliptical, 8-19 cm long, leathery, cuneate at base, rounded to retuse at apex, with 9-16 veins per 5 mm.
• Inflorescences axillary, unbranched, 9-11-flowered; flowers with 4 tepals.
• Fruit ellipsoid, 30-60 mm long, with fairly thick, compact outer layer.

C. scriblitifolium occurs in peat swamps at low altitudes, rarely in heath forest and is apparently not a common tree.

Selected sources

33, 648, 779.

Main genus page

• Calophyllum

Authors

R.H.M.J. Lemmens (selection of species)