Palaquium rioense (PROSEA)
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Introduction |
Palaquium rioense H.J. Lam
- Protologue: Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 7: 89 (1925).
Vernacular names
- Malaysia: getah keras, ketipei pan (Sabah).
Distribution
Borneo (Sabah, East Kalimantan).
Uses
The timber is used as nyatoh.
Observations
A large tree up to 50 m tall; leaves evenly distributed, obovate, ovate or elliptical, with transverse tertiary veins, appressed-hairy beneath; flowers in 2-4-flowered clusters, borne on (3-)6-16 mm long pedicels (in fruit up to 20 mm), greenish or brownish; fruit obovoid, c. 1.5 cm long, glabrous, dark green. P. rioense is most commonly found in primary montane forest at 1200-2000 m altitude. The density of the timber is c. 650 kg/m3at 15% moisture content.
Selected sources
100, 743.
