Calophyllum scriblitifolium (PROSEA)
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Calophyllum scriblitifolium M.R. Henderson & Wyatt-Smith
- Protologue: Gard. Bull. Sing. 15: 326 (1956).
Vernacular names
- Malaysia: bintangor kelim (Peninsular).
Distribution
Malaysia (Peninsular, Sarawak), Sumatra.
Uses
The timber is probably used as bintangor.
Observations
A large tree up to 45 m tall with bole up to 95 cm in diameter, without buttresses but sometimes with knee roots; twigs 4- or 8-angled when young, terminal bud plump, 12-22(-29) mm long; leaves oblong to elliptical, 8-19 cm long, leathery, cuneate at base, rounded to retuse at apex, with 9-16 veins per 5 mm; inflorescences axillary, unbranched, 9-11-flowered; flowers with 4 tepals; fruit ellipsoid, 30-60 mm long, with fairly thick, compact outer layer. C. scriblitifolium occurs in peat swamps at low altitudes, rarely in heath forest and is apparently not a common tree.
Selected sources
33, 648, 779.