Afzelia borneensis (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Afzelia borneensis Harms

Protologue: Feddes Repert. 14: 256 (1916).

Synonyms

• Pahudia borneensis (Harms) Merr. (1917).

Vernacular names

• Malaysia: ipil darat (Sabah).

Distribution

Sabah and Sarawak.

Uses

The timber is used locally.

Observations

• A small to medium-sized tree of up to 25 m tall, bole up to 80 cm in diameter, buttresses thin and steep.
• Leaves with 3 pairs of leaflets, leaflets 6-12(-17) cm × 3.5-6(-7) cm, sharply acuminate at apex, glabrous.
• Fertile stamens about 4 cm long, style about 1 cm long.
• Mature pod 6-9 cm × 3.5-5 cm.

A. borneensis occurs scattered and locally in lowland and lower montane forest up to 1400 m altitude.

Selected sources

146, 184, 421, 477.

Authors

M.S.M. Sosef (selection of species)

Main genus page

• Afzelia