Palaquium barnesii (PROSEA)

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Palaquium barnesii Merr.


Protologue: Bur. Govt. Lab. 6: 13 (1903).

Synonyms

Madhuca barnesii (Merr.) Baehni (1965).

Vernacular names

  • Philippines: Barnes nato (general), alakaak, palak-palak (Tagalog).

Distribution

The Philippines (Luzon, Masbate).

Uses

The timber is used as nyatoh for light planking and temporary construction work, and also for cigar boxes and furniture.

Observations

A large tree up to 40 m tall; leaves evenly distributed, obovate to spatulate, with inconspicuous and slender transverse tertiary veins, pubescent beneath; flowers in 5-many-flowered clusters, borne on slender, 25-35 mm (-50 mm in fruit) long pedicels; fruit narrowly ovoid to fusiform, 3.5-4 cm long, glabrous. P. barnesii is found in primary forests at low and medium altitudes. The timber is grouped together with other Palaquium species under "red nato", which has a density of 450-600 kg/m3at 15% moisture content and is reddish-brown.

Selected sources

36, 480, 484, 486, 743.