Calophyllum venulosum (PROSEA)
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Introduction |
Calophyllum venulosum Zoll.
- Protologue: Syst. Verz. 2: 149 (1854).
Synonyms
Calophyllum javanicum Miq. (1854).
Vernacular names
- Indonesia: ki sapilan (Sundanese, Java).
Distribution
Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, West Java, Borneo and the Philippines (Mindanao, Basilan).
Uses
The timber is used as bintangor. It is used for oars.
Observations
A small to large tree up to 45 m tall with bole up to 80 cm in diameter, without buttresses, but sometimes shortly spurred; twigs usually 6-angled, terminal bud plump, 3-13 mm long; leaves elliptical, ovate, suboblong or obovate, 4-23.5 cm long, auriculate, cordate or rounded at base, acute to rounded at apex, with 4-10 veins per 5 mm; inflorescences usually axillary, unbranched, (1-)5(-11)-flowered; flowers with 4 tepals; fruit usually spherical, 12-20 mm long, with thick, compact outer layer, yellowish to brownish. C. venulosum usually grows in well-drained mixed dipterocarp forest up to 600(-1500) m altitude, but also frequently along streams. The density of the wood is 570-660 kg/m3at 15% moisture content.
Selected sources
35, 100, 318, 648, 779.