Palaquium regina-montium (PROSEA)
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Introduction |
- Protologue: Gard. Bull. Sing. 24: 9 (1969).
Vernacular names
- Malaysia: nyatoh gunong (Peninsular).
Distribution
Peninsular Malaysia (Perak, Selangor, Pahang).
Uses
The timber is used as nyatoh.
Observations
- A medium-sized tree up to 30 m tall, with columnar bole, sometimes slightly fluted or knobbly, up to 100 cm in diameter.
- Leaves loosely clustered at tip of twigs, obovate (sometimes elliptical), with few, inconspicuous, transverse tertiary veins, velvety beneath.
- Flowers in up to 6-flowered clusters, in some trees exclusively female, borne on c. 12 mm long pedicels.
- Fruit obovoid, c. 2.5 cm long, initially sparsely hairy but glabrescent.
P. regina-montium is locally very common in montane forest at 1000-1800 m altitude. The trees are deciduous, all individuals in a certain area shedding the leaves at the same time and flowering as the new leaves appear. The timber is fairly heavy, with a density of about 750 kg/m3 at 15% moisture content.
Selected sources
779, 792.
Main genus page
Authors
- R.H.M.J. Lemmens (selection of species)
