Vatica nitens (PROSEA)
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Introduction |
Vatica nitens King
- Protologue: Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 62(2): 104 (1893).
Synonyms
- Sunaptea nitens (King) Ridley (1922),
- Vatica cuspidata Browne (1955) non (Ridley) Sym.
Vernacular names
- Malaysia: resak daun panjang (Peninsular).
Distribution
Peninsular Malaysia and northern Borneo (Sarawak, Brunei, Sabah).
Uses
The timber is used as resak.
Observations
- A medium-sized to large tree, up to 40 m tall with straight, cylindrical bole up to 70 cm in diameter and small buttresses.
- Leaves narrowly oblong, 10-17 cm × 3.5-5.5 cm, with 12-22 pairs of secondary veins, glabrescent, petiole 10-20 mm long.
- Inflorescences up to 11 cm long.
- Flower buds up to 7 mm long.
- Nut globose, large, up to 30 mm long, surrounded by 2 longer and 3 shorter fruit calyx lobes, free to the base.
V. nitens occurs scattered in mixed dipterocarp forest on low hills and ridges up to 600 m altitude. In Brunei it is reported to be one of the best resak timbers; it is one of the few common Vatica species reaching large dimensions. The density of the wood is 710-975 kg/m3 at 15% moisture content.
Selected sources
30, 102, 253, 425, 677, 748.
Main genus page
Authors
- R.H.M.J. Lemmens (selection of species)