Beilschmiedia dilmyana (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Beilschmiedia dilmyana Kosterm.

Protologue: New and Crit. Mal. Pl. IV: 23, fig. 12, 15 (1955).

Distribution

Papua New Guinea and the Aru Islands.

Uses

The wood is reputed to be used as medang.

Observations

A medium-sized tree up to 27 m tall, bole up to 40 cm in diameter; leaves alternate, 8-12 cm × 20-27 cm, glabrescent, midrib flattened above and prominent below, tertiary venation not visible or obscure below, petiole 1.5-2 cm long; flowers densely minutely brown sericeous; fruit unknown. B. dilmyana is found in rain forest at low altitude.

Selected sources

310, 316.