Scaphium borneensis (PROSEA)
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Scaphium borneensis (Merr.) Kosterm.
- Protologue: Reinwardtia 7: 441 (1969).
Synonyms
Firmiana borneensis Merr. (1929).
Distribution
Borneo (Sarawak, Sabah, Brunei, East Kalimantan); possibly also Sumatra.
Uses
The timber is rarely used.
Observations
A medium-sized tree rarely exceeding 30 m tall, bole up to 50 cm in diameter, with small and thin buttresses; leaves lanceolate, 9-18 cm × 3.5-5.5 cm, obtuse to broadly cuneate at base, acuminate at apex, with very slender secondary veins, glabrous, petiole up to 8 cm long; fruit up to 10 cm long. S. borneensis is a rather rare species, although it is locally common in mixed dipterocarp forest on sandy soils at low altitudes. The trees are not common enough and usually too small to be of economic importance.
Selected sources
33.
