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<big>''[[Palaquium hispidum]]'' H.J. Lam</big>
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:Protologue: Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 7: 63 (1925).

== Synonyms ==

*''Croixia hispida'' (H.J. Lam) Baehni (1965).

== Vernacular names ==

*Indonesia: mayang serikat (Sumatra)
*Malaysia: nyatoh tembaga kuning, nyatoh tembaga (Peninsular).

== Distribution ==

Peninsular Malaysia, northern Sumatra and Borneo (Sarawak).

== Uses ==

The timber is used as nyatoh. An inferior quality of gutta-percha can be obtained from the latex.

== Observations ==

*A large tree up to 50 m tall, with columnar bole up to 115 cm in diameter and large buttresses.
*Leaves clustered at tip of twigs, ovate, obovate or elliptical, with slender transverse tertiary veins rather distinct beneath, medium-brown to golden-brown hairy beneath.
*Flowers in up to 25-flowered clusters, borne on 15-40 mm long pedicels, whitish.
*Fruit globose or ellipsoid, 2-2.5 cm long, hairy or glabrous.

''P. hispidum'' occurs scattered in primary forest at low altitudes (up to 500 m). The timber is brown with a density of 650-680 kg/m<sup>3</sup> at 15% moisture content. See also the table on wood properties.

== Selected sources ==

36, 102, 190, 318, 743, 779, 792.

== Main genus page ==

*[[Palaquium (PROSEA Timbers)|''Palaquium'' (Timbers)]]

== Authors ==

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

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