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Calophyllum scriblitifolium (PROSEA)

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<big>''[[Calophyllum scriblitifolium]]'' M.R. Henderson & Wyatt-Smith</big>
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:Protologue: Gard. Bull. Sing. 15: 326 (1956).
== 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 .*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 .*Inflorescences axillary, unbranched, 9-11-flowered; flowers with 4 tepals; fruit .*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 (PROSEA)|''Calophyllum'']]
 
== Authors ==
 
R.H.M.J. Lemmens (selection of species)
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