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| + | *Leaves clustered at tip of twigs, obovate or spoon-shaped, with few transverse tertiary veins usually indistinguishable from the reticulate venation in between, glabrous on both sides. | ||
| + | *Flowers in 5-12-flowered axillary or terminal clusters, borne on 15-35 mm long pedicels, yellowish. | ||
| + | *Fruit ellipsoid or subglobose, 2-2.5 cm long, glabrous and green. | ||
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| + | ''P. cochleariifolium'' grows in freshwater swamp (peat-swamp forest) and marshes at low altitudes, sometimes along the sea coast. The timber is heavy, the density is 1070-1120 kg/m<sup>3</sup> at 15% moisture content. | ||
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| + | *[[Palaquium (PROSEA Timbers)|''Palaquium'' (Timbers)]] | ||
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| + | == Authors == | ||
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| + | *R.H.M.J. Lemmens (selection of species) | ||
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Introduction |
Palaquium cochleariifolium P. v. Royen
- Protologue: Blumea 10: 545 (1960).
Vernacular names
- Brunei: paga
- Indonesia: katiau, nyatu yehrong, nyatu temiang (Kalimantan)
- Malaysia: samundo (Sarawak).
Distribution
Borneo.
Uses
The timber is used as bitis.
Observations
- A small to medium-sized tree up to 28 m tall.
- Leaves clustered at tip of twigs, obovate or spoon-shaped, with few transverse tertiary veins usually indistinguishable from the reticulate venation in between, glabrous on both sides.
- Flowers in 5-12-flowered axillary or terminal clusters, borne on 15-35 mm long pedicels, yellowish.
- Fruit ellipsoid or subglobose, 2-2.5 cm long, glabrous and green.
P. cochleariifolium grows in freshwater swamp (peat-swamp forest) and marshes at low altitudes, sometimes along the sea coast. The timber is heavy, the density is 1070-1120 kg/m3 at 15% moisture content.
Selected sources
100, 743.
Main genus page
Authors
- R.H.M.J. Lemmens (selection of species)
