Payena lowiana (PROSEA)
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Payena lowiana Pierre
- Protologue: Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris: 525 (1885).
Synonyms
Payena glabra H.J. Lam (1925), Madhuca lowiana (Pierre) Baehni (1965).
Vernacular names
- Indonesia: mayang rata (Sumatra), sau uding (Simeuluë), simpur (Kalimantan).
Distribution
Peninsular Malaysia (only once collected), Sumatra, Simeuluë and Borneo (Kalimantan).
Uses
The timber is used as nyatoh. The fruits are edible.
Observations
A medium-sized to large tree up to 42 m tall, with bole up to 65 cm in diameter, buttressed; leaves ovate to ovate-lanceolate, glabrous or subglabrous beneath; flowers small, up to 0.8 cm long, white; fruit ovoid or ellipsoid, 2.5-3.5 cm long, shortly pubescent to glabrous. P. lowiana resembles P. lucida, but can be distinguished by the more prominent secondary veins of the leaves and longer styles. P. lowiana grows in the lowlands, in marshy as well as in drier forests.
Selected sources
36, 318, 581, 727, 779.
