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| − | A medium-sized to large tree up to 40 m tall, with columnar, often fluted bole usually up to 50 cm in diameter and buttresses | + | *A medium-sized to large tree up to 40 m tall, with columnar, often fluted bole usually up to 50 cm in diameter and buttresses. |
| + | *Leaves more or less clustered at tip of twigs, obovate to elliptical, with very fine, transverse tertiary venation, glabrous on both sides. | ||
| + | *Flowers in 5-18-flowered clusters, often along a leafless terminal shoot, borne on slender 3-7(-14) mm long pedicels, greenish-white or greenish-yellow. | ||
| + | *Fruit obovoid, ellipsoid or globose, 1-1.5 cm long, glabrous. | ||
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| + | ''P. ridleyi'' usually occurs scattered in swamp forests, sometimes on hills up to 800 m altitude. The timber is purplish or reddish-brown, heavy (875-1120 kg/m<sup>3</sup> at 15% moisture content) and very hard. See also the table on wood properties. | ||
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100, 102, 190, 235, 318, 578, 581, 699, 743, 779. | 100, 102, 190, 235, 318, 578, 581, 699, 743, 779. | ||
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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) | ||
[[Category:Timbers (PROSEA)]] | [[Category:Timbers (PROSEA)]] | ||
[[Category:PROSEA]] | [[Category:PROSEA]] | ||
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Introduction |
Palaquium ridleyi King & Gamble
- Protologue: Journ. As. Soc. Beng. pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 74(2): 196 (1905).
Vernacular names
- Indonesia: balam rambai, balam seminai (Sumatra), kandole (Sulawesi)
- Malaysia: bitis paya, mayang (Peninsular).
Distribution
Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo, the Lesser Sunda Islands, Sulawesi, the Philippines (Luzon, rare) and Irian Jaya; possibly also in Vietnam.
Uses
The timber is used as bitis. It is used for beams and posts.
Observations
- A medium-sized to large tree up to 40 m tall, with columnar, often fluted bole usually up to 50 cm in diameter and buttresses.
- Leaves more or less clustered at tip of twigs, obovate to elliptical, with very fine, transverse tertiary venation, glabrous on both sides.
- Flowers in 5-18-flowered clusters, often along a leafless terminal shoot, borne on slender 3-7(-14) mm long pedicels, greenish-white or greenish-yellow.
- Fruit obovoid, ellipsoid or globose, 1-1.5 cm long, glabrous.
P. ridleyi usually occurs scattered in swamp forests, sometimes on hills up to 800 m altitude. The timber is purplish or reddish-brown, heavy (875-1120 kg/m3 at 15% moisture content) and very hard. See also the table on wood properties.
Selected sources
100, 102, 190, 235, 318, 578, 581, 699, 743, 779.
Main genus page
Authors
- R.H.M.J. Lemmens (selection of species)
