Calophyllum depressinervosum (PROSEA)
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Introduction |
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.