Beilschmiedia eusideroxylocarpa (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Beilschmiedia eusideroxylocarpa (Kosterm.) Kosterm.

Protologue: Reinwardtia 8: 23 (1970).

Synonyms

Endiandra eusideroxylocarpa Kosterm. (1960).

Distribution

Borneo (Brunei and Sarawak).

Uses

The wood is reputed to be used as medang.

Observations

A medium-sized to fairly large tree up to 40 m tall, bole up to 55 cm in diameter, with buttresses up to 1 m high, bark surface scaly; leaves alternate, 4-7 cm × 1.5-4 cm, glabrous, midrib slightly prominent above, petiole c. 0.5 cm long; flowers glabrous; fruit ellipsoid, up to 13 cm × 5.5 cm. B. eusideroxylocarpa is insufficiently known and found on ridges on sandy loam soil up to 1250 m altitude.

Selected sources

314, 316, 322.