Palaquium hispidum (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Palaquium hispidum H.J. Lam

Protologue: Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 7: 63 (1925).

Synonyms

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

Vernacular names

• Indonesia: mayang serikat (Sumatra)
• Malaysia: nyatoh tembaga kuning, nyatoh tembaga (Peninsular).

Distribution

Peninsular Malaysia, northern Sumatra and Borneo (Sarawak).

Uses

The timber is used as nyatoh. An inferior quality of gutta-percha can be obtained from the latex.

Observations

• A large tree up to 50 m tall, with columnar bole up to 115 cm in diameter and large buttresses.
• Leaves clustered at tip of twigs, ovate, obovate or elliptical, with slender transverse tertiary veins rather distinct beneath, medium-brown to golden-brown hairy beneath.
• Flowers in up to 25-flowered clusters, borne on 15-40 mm long pedicels, whitish.
• Fruit globose or ellipsoid, 2-2.5 cm long, hairy or glabrous.

P. hispidum occurs scattered in primary forest at low altitudes (up to 500 m). The timber is brown with a density of 650-680 kg/m³ at 15% moisture content. See also the table on wood properties.

Selected sources

36, 102, 190, 318, 743, 779, 792.

Main genus page

• Palaquium (Timbers)

Authors

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