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| − | A medium-sized tree up to 26 m tall with bole up to 100 cm in diameter, buttresses absent or very short; twigs 4-angled and with 2 additional ridges, strongly flattened, terminal bud subconical, 7-16 mm long | + | *A medium-sized tree up to 26 m tall with bole up to 100 cm in diameter, buttresses absent or very short; twigs 4-angled and with 2 additional ridges, strongly flattened, terminal bud subconical, 7-16 mm long. |
| + | *Leaves ovate to subelliptical, (6-)8.5-19 cm long, rounded or cuneate at base, subretuse to subacuminate at apex, with 9-13 veins per 5 mm. | ||
| + | *Inflorescences axillary, usually unbranched, 5-15-flowered; flowers with 4 tepals. | ||
| + | *Fruit subspherical, large, 30-60 mm long, with fairly thin, compact outer layer, greenish. | ||
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| + | ''C. euryphyllum'' usually occurs in primary rain forest up to 600 m altitude. | ||
== Selected sources == | == Selected sources == | ||
648. | 648. | ||
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| + | == Main genus page == | ||
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| + | *[[Calophyllum (PROSEA)|''Calophyllum'']] | ||
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| + | == Authors == | ||
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| + | R.H.M.J. Lemmens (selection of species) | ||
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Introduction |
Calophyllum euryphyllum Lauterb.
- Protologue: Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 58: 14 (1922).
Distribution
Northern New Guinea including the Bismarck Archipelago and the Aru Islands.
Uses
The timber is probably used as bintangor, and traded as "calophyllum" in Papua New Guinea.
Observations
- A medium-sized tree up to 26 m tall with bole up to 100 cm in diameter, buttresses absent or very short; twigs 4-angled and with 2 additional ridges, strongly flattened, terminal bud subconical, 7-16 mm long.
- Leaves ovate to subelliptical, (6-)8.5-19 cm long, rounded or cuneate at base, subretuse to subacuminate at apex, with 9-13 veins per 5 mm.
- Inflorescences axillary, usually unbranched, 5-15-flowered; flowers with 4 tepals.
- Fruit subspherical, large, 30-60 mm long, with fairly thin, compact outer layer, greenish.
C. euryphyllum usually occurs in primary rain forest up to 600 m altitude.
Selected sources
648.
Main genus page
Authors
R.H.M.J. Lemmens (selection of species)
