Beilschmiedia pustulata (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Beilschmiedia pustulata Kosterm.

Protologue: Reinwardtia 8: 28 (1970).

Synonyms

Endiandra dielsiana Teschn. (1923), Endiandra archboldiana Allen (1942), Endiandra glandulosa Allen (1942).

Distribution

New Guinea.

Uses

The wood is reputed to be used as medang.

Observations

A medium-sized tree up to at least 30 m tall, bole branchless for up to 12 m, up to 50 cm in diameter, bark surface rough or shallowly fissured and scaly, grey to dark brown or blackish; leaves alternate to subopposite, 5-15 cm × (2.5-)4.5-8.5 cm, glabrescent, pustulate, midrib impressed above and prominent below, petiole 1-1.5 cm long; flowers pubescent inside; fruit ellipsoid, c. 2.5 cm × 1.5 cm. B. pustulata is locally common in primary forest, sometimes in Nothofagus forest, on hills and ridges, at 500-1750 m altitude.

Selected sources

13, 316, 321, 322, 635.

E. Boer (general part),

M.S.M. Sosef (general part, selection of species),

S.I. Wiselius (properties),

R.P. Escobin (wood anatomy)