Palaquium pseudocuneatum (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Palaquium pseudocuneatum H.J. Lam

Protologue: Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 8: 391 (1927).

Synonyms

• Croixia pseudocuneata (H.J. Lam) Baehni (1965).

Vernacular names

• Malaysia: nyatoh kelalang, salanglang (Sarawak).

Distribution

Borneo (Sarawak, Brunei, Sabah, West Kalimantan).

Uses

The timber is used as nyatoh.

Observations

• A medium-sized to fairly large tree up to 35 m tall.
• Leaves more or less clustered at tip of twigs, spatulate or obovate, with distinct, reticulate tertiary veins more or less parallel to secondary veins, glabrous on both sides.
• Flowers in 2-4-flowered clusters, borne on 5-12 mm long pedicels.
• Fruit globose to ellipsoid, 1.5-2 cm long, glabrous.

P. pseudocuneatum occurs in lowland forest, particularly in swamps. The timber has a density of about 540 kg/m³ at 15% moisture content.

Selected sources

36, 100, 743.

Main genus page

• Palaquium (Timbers)

Authors

• R.H.M.J. Lemmens (selection of species)