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| − | A medium-sized tree up to 30 m tall with bole up to 140 cm in diameter, without buttresses but sometimes with spurs; twigs usually strongly 4-angled, terminal bud plump, 5-10(-13) mm long | + | *A medium-sized tree up to 30 m tall with bole up to 140 cm in diameter, without buttresses but sometimes with spurs; twigs usually strongly 4-angled, terminal bud plump, 5-10(-13) mm long. |
| + | *Leaves obovate to elliptical, (3-)5-12.5 cm long, broadly rounded to cuneate at base, rounded to acute at apex, with (5-)7-13 veins per 5 mm. | ||
| + | *Inflorescences axillary, usually unbranched, 3-13-flowered; flowers with 4(-6) tepals. | ||
| + | *Fruit spherical to ovoid, 13-20 mm long, with fairly thin, compact outer layer, bluish to purplish-black. | ||
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| + | ''C. sil'' grows in savanna woodland and riverine gallery forest, rarely in secondary forest, up to 200 m altitude. Slightly different forms from the Moluccas and northern New Guinea occur in rain forest up to 650 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) | ||
[[Category:Timbers (PROSEA)]] | [[Category:Timbers (PROSEA)]] | ||
[[Category:PROSEA]] | [[Category:PROSEA]] | ||
Latest revision as of 21:44, 27 March 2016
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Introduction |
Calophyllum sil Lauterb.
- Protologue: Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 58: 14 (1922).
Distribution
The Moluccas, New Guinea and northern Australia.
Uses
The wood is used for canoes in Papua New Guinea.
Observations
- A medium-sized tree up to 30 m tall with bole up to 140 cm in diameter, without buttresses but sometimes with spurs; twigs usually strongly 4-angled, terminal bud plump, 5-10(-13) mm long.
- Leaves obovate to elliptical, (3-)5-12.5 cm long, broadly rounded to cuneate at base, rounded to acute at apex, with (5-)7-13 veins per 5 mm.
- Inflorescences axillary, usually unbranched, 3-13-flowered; flowers with 4(-6) tepals.
- Fruit spherical to ovoid, 13-20 mm long, with fairly thin, compact outer layer, bluish to purplish-black.
C. sil grows in savanna woodland and riverine gallery forest, rarely in secondary forest, up to 200 m altitude. Slightly different forms from the Moluccas and northern New Guinea occur in rain forest up to 650 m altitude.
Selected sources
648.
Main genus page
Authors
R.H.M.J. Lemmens (selection of species)
