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Palaquium sumatranum (PROSEA)

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<big>''[[Palaquium sumatranum]]'' Burck</big>
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:Protologue: Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg 5: 34 (1886).
== Observations ==
*A large tree up to 45 m tall, with columnar bole up to 80 cm in diameter; leaves .*Leaves evenly distributed, narrowly elliptical or elliptical to obovate, with distinct, reticulate tertiary veins often parallel to secondary veins, glabrous on both sides; flowers .*Flowers in 2-5-flowered clusters, borne on 5-10 mm long pedicels (up to 22 mm in fruit), greenish or brownish-white; fruit .*Fruit ovoid, obovoid or ellipsoid, 2-5 cm long, glabrous.  ''P.'' ''sumatranum'' grows in primary forest in the lowland, sometimes up to 1200 m altitude.
== Selected sources ==
318, 743.
== Main genus page ==
 
*[[Palaquium (PROSEA Timbers)|''Palaquium'' (Timbers)]]
 
== Authors ==
 
*R.H.M.J. Lemmens (selection of species)
[[Category:Timbers (PROSEA)]]
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