Scaphium linearicarpum (PROSEA)
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Scaphium linearicarpum (Masters) Pierre
- Protologue: Fl. forest. Cochinch. fasc. 12, text accomp. pl. 193-195 (1888).
Vernacular names
- Malaysia: kembang semangkok bulat (Peninsular).
Distribution
Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Sumatra; rare in Borneo (East Kalimantan).
Uses
The timber is used as kembang semangkok.
Observations
A fairly large tree up to 35 m tall with fissured bole up to 75 cm in diameter; leaves broadly ovate to suborbicular, 15-35 cm × 12.5-35 cm, deeply heart-shaped at base, rounded at apex with 6-7 pairs of secondary veins, the basal pair prominently branched, glabrous or sparsely hairy beneath, petiole up to 23 cm long; fruit up to 25 cm long; seed up to 25 mm long, hairy. S. linearicarpum grows in lowland forest, occasionally up to 700 m altitude, and is locally common in Peninsular Malaysia, but less common than S. macropodum .
Selected sources
102, 190, 376, 431, 779.
