Palaquium tenuipetiolatum (PROSEA)
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Introduction |
Palaquium tenuipetiolatum Merr.
- Protologue: Bur. Govt. Lab. 17: 45 (1904).
Synonyms
Croixia tenuipetiolata (Merr.) Baehni (1965).
Vernacular names
- Philippines: maniknik (general), dulitan-pula (Tagalog), pango (Ibanag).
Distribution
The Philippines (Luzon, Mindoro, Masbate, Mindanao).
Uses
The timber is used as nyatoh for cigar boxes, furniture and in-house decoration.
Observations
A medium-sized to fairly large tree up to 35 m tall; leaves evenly distributed, obovate, lanceolate or oblanceolate, with few, inconspicuous, transverse tertiary veins, initially hairy but soon becoming glabrous; flowers in 1-4-flowered clusters, borne on 3-8 mm long pedicels; fruit ovoid to narrowly ellipsoid, 2.5-3 cm long, glabrous and brownish. P. tenuipetiolatum is common in primary forest at low and medium altitudes. The timber is obtainable in limited quantities; it is reddish or purplish-brown and is grouped together with other Palaquium species under "red nato".
Selected sources
36, 480, 484, 486, 579, 743.
