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Palaquium tenuipetiolatum (PROSEA)

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<big>''[[Palaquium tenuipetiolatum]]'' Merr.</big>
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:Protologue: Bur. Govt. Lab. 17: 45 (1904).
== Synonyms ==
*''Croixia'' ''tenuipetiolata'' (Merr.) Baehni (1965).
== Vernacular names ==
== Observations ==
*A medium-sized to fairly large tree up to 35 m tall; leaves .*Leaves evenly distributed, obovate, lanceolate or oblanceolate, with few, inconspicuous, transverse tertiary veins, initially hairy but soon becoming glabrous; flowers .*Flowers in 1-4-flowered clusters, borne on 3-8 mm long pedicels; fruit .*Fruit ovoid to narrowly ellipsoid, 2.5-3 cm long, glabrous and brownish.  ''P.'' ''tenuipetiolatum'' is common in primary forest at low and medium altitudes. The timber is obtainable in limited quantities; it is reddish or purplish-brown and is grouped together with other ''Palaquium'' species under "red nato".
== Selected sources ==
36, 480, 484, 486, 579, 743.
== Main genus page ==
 
*[[Palaquium (PROSEA Timbers)|''Palaquium'' (Timbers)]]
 
== Authors ==
 
*R.H.M.J. Lemmens (selection of species)
[[Category:Timbers (PROSEA)]]
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