Manilkara fasciculata (PROSEA)
Introduction |
Manilkara fasciculata (Warb.) H.J. Lam & Maas Geest.
- Protologue: Blumea 4: 335 (1941).
Synonyms
- Northia fasciculata (Warb.) H.J. Lam (1925),
- Manilkara merrilliana H.J. Lam (1941),
- Abebaia fasciculata (Warb.) Baehni (1964).
Vernacular names
- Philippines: duyok-duyok.
Distribution
The southern Philippines (southern Luzon, Samar, Mindanao), Sulawesi, the northern Moluccas and Irian Jaya.
Uses
The timber is used for heavy construction, furniture and implements.
Observations
- A medium-sized to fairly large tree, up to 40 m tall, with straight and cylindrical bole, free of branches up to 30 m, having a diameter of up to 100(-180) cm.
- Leaves more or less clustered at apex of twigs, entirely glabrous.
- Flower buds ovoid, pedicels gradually incrassate or slender and not incrassate, calyx up to 5 mm long, ovary without a disk.
- Fruit globose to obovoid, up to 3.5 cm long.
M. fasciculata is locally common (e.g. in Irian Jaya), in primary forest, on clayey soil and limestone, up to 500 m altitude. The density of the wood is 1000-1200 kg/m3 at 15% moisture content. See also the table on wood properties.
Selected sources
263, 484, 731, 814.
Main genus page
Authors
- R.H.M.J. Lemmens (selection of species),