Beilschmiedia novoguineensis (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Beilschmiedia novoguineensis Teschn.

Protologue: Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 58: 401 (1923).

Synonyms

Endiandra sphaerica Allen (1942).

Distribution

Papua New Guinea.

Uses

The wood is reputed to be used as medang.

Observations

A medium-sized tree up to 20 m tall, bark surface greyish; leaves 7-20 cm × 1-5 cm, glabrous, midrib sunken above, prominent below, tertiary venation laxly reticulate above, petiole 0.7-1.2 cm long; flowers sparsely pilose; fruit globose, 1.0-1.1 cm in diameter, apiculate. B. novoguineensis is incompletely known, occurring in rain forest up to 850 m altitude.

Selected sources

13, 316, 635.