Difference between revisions of "Calophyllum laticostatum (PROSEA)"
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*Leaves elliptical to narrowly obovate, (3-)6.5-16 cm long, cuneate at base, acute at apex, with (9-)11-20 veins per 5 mm. | *Leaves elliptical to narrowly obovate, (3-)6.5-16 cm long, cuneate at base, acute at apex, with (9-)11-20 veins per 5 mm. | ||
*Inflorescences axillary, usually unbranched, 5-21-flowered; flowers with 4 or 6 tepals. | *Inflorescences axillary, usually unbranched, 5-21-flowered; flowers with 4 or 6 tepals. | ||
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Introduction |
Calophyllum laticostatum P.F. Stevens
- Protologue: Austr. Journ. Bot. 22: 375 (1974).
Distribution
Papua New Guinea including New Britain; possibly also in the Philippines (Luzon).
Uses
The timber is possibly traded as "calophyllum" in Papua New Guinea.
Observations
- A large tree up to 43 m tall, with bole up to 90 cm in diameter, without buttresses; twigs 4-angled, terminal bud (words missing).
- Leaves elliptical to narrowly obovate, (3-)6.5-16 cm long, cuneate at base, acute at apex, with (9-)11-20 veins per 5 mm.
- Inflorescences axillary, usually unbranched, 5-21-flowered; flowers with 4 or 6 tepals.
- Fruit ovoid to subspherical, 13-19 mm long, with thin outer layer having air spaces under the skin, bluish.
C. laticostatum occurs in well-drained lowland or lower montane rain forest up to 1400 m altitude.
Selected sources
648.
Main genus page
Authors
R.H.M.J. Lemmens (selection of species)
