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== Observations ==
 
== Observations ==
  
A medium-sized to fairly large tree up to 35 m tall with bole up to 85 cm in diameter, without buttresses; twigs obscurely 4-angled, terminal bud plump to conical, very small, 1.5-3 mm long (usually not functional); leaves ovate or obovate to subelliptical, 3-10 cm long, cuneate at base, acuminate at apex, with 4-10 veins per 5 mm; inflorescences axillary, unbranched, 7-13-flowered; flowers with 4 tepals; fruit spherical, 8-11 mm long, with fairly thin outer layer with large air spaces, yellowish. ''C. depressinervosum'' usually grows in mixed dipterocarp forest on well-drained sites up to 750 m altitude.
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*A medium-sized to fairly large tree up to 35 m tall with bole up to 85 cm in diameter, without buttresses; twigs obscurely 4-angled, terminal bud plump to conical, very small, 1.5-3 mm long (usually not functional).
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*Leaves ovate or obovate to subelliptical, 3-10 cm long, cuneate at base, acuminate at apex, with 4-10 veins per 5 mm.
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*Inflorescences axillary, unbranched, 7-13-flowered; flowers with 4 tepals.
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*Fruit spherical, 8-11 mm long, with fairly thin outer layer with large air spaces, yellowish.
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''C. depressinervosum'' usually grows in mixed dipterocarp forest on well-drained sites up to 750 m altitude.
  
 
== Selected sources ==
 
== Selected sources ==
  
 
100, 648, 779.
 
100, 648, 779.
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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)]]
 
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Latest revision as of 17:27, 27 March 2016

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Plant Resources of South-East Asia
Introduction
List of species


Calophyllum depressinervosum M.R. Henderson & Wyatt-Smith

Protologue: Gard. Bull. Sing. 15: 335 (1956).

Vernacular names

  • Malaysia: bintangor lekok (Peninsular)
  • Thailand: phanghan bailek (Chanthaburi).

Distribution

Cambodia, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, the Riau Archipelago, Bangka and Borneo.

Uses

The timber is used as bintangor.

Observations

  • A medium-sized to fairly large tree up to 35 m tall with bole up to 85 cm in diameter, without buttresses; twigs obscurely 4-angled, terminal bud plump to conical, very small, 1.5-3 mm long (usually not functional).
  • Leaves ovate or obovate to subelliptical, 3-10 cm long, cuneate at base, acuminate at apex, with 4-10 veins per 5 mm.
  • Inflorescences axillary, unbranched, 7-13-flowered; flowers with 4 tepals.
  • Fruit spherical, 8-11 mm long, with fairly thin outer layer with large air spaces, yellowish.

C. depressinervosum usually grows in mixed dipterocarp forest on well-drained sites up to 750 m altitude.

Selected sources

100, 648, 779.

Main genus page

Authors

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