Calophyllum flavo-ramulum (PROSEA)
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Calophyllum flavo-ramulum M.R. Henderson & Wyatt-Smith
- Protologue: Gard. Bull. Sing. 15: 310 (1956).
Distribution
Peninsular Malaysia and the Riau Archipelago; perhaps also in Sumatra.
Uses
The timber is used as bintangor.
Observations
A fairly large tree up to 38 m tall with bole up to 90 cm in diameter, without buttresses; twigs rounded or obscurely 4-angled, terminal bud plump, 2.5-6 mm long; leaves oblong, 7.5-16 cm long, cuneate or attenuate at base, acuminate at apex, with 10-19 veins per 5 mm; inflorescences terminal and axillary, unbranched, 7-many-flowered; flowers with 8 tepals; fruit ellipsoid to subspherical, 25-35 mm long, with fairly thin, compact outer layer, purplish-black. C. flavo-ramulum grows in mixed dipterocarp forest up to 450 m altitude and is locally common.
Selected sources
648, 779.