Beilschmiedia acutifolia (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Beilschmiedia acutifolia Teschn.

Protologue: Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 58: 403 (1923).

Synonyms

Beilschmiedia archboldiana Allen (1942).

Distribution

New Guinea.

Uses

The wood is reputed to be used as medang.

Observations

A medium-sized tree up to 26 m tall, bole branchless for up to 21 m, up to 60 cm in diameter, buttresses absent, bark surface smooth or flaking in small patches, brown or pale brown; leaves alternate to subopposite, 5-15 cm × 2-5 cm, glabrous above, pubescent below, midrib prominent on both surfaces, tertiary venation loosely reticulate above, prominent below, petiole 0.3-1.5 cm long; flowers minutely pubescent; fruit ellipsoid, 1.4-1.6 cm × 0.9-1.1 cm. B. acutifolia occurs in primary lowland and montane forest up to 1500 m altitude.

Selected sources

13, 316, 322, 635.