Calophyllum collinum (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Calophyllum collinum P.F. Stevens

Protologue: Journ. Arn. Arb. 61: 571 (1980).

Central and eastern New Guinea.

The timber is possibly traded as "calophyllum" in Papua New Guinea.

• A medium-sized to fairly large tree up to 36 m tall, with bole up to 85 cm in diameter, without buttresses; twigs strongly 4-angled, terminal bud plump, 6-9 mm long.
• Leaves obovate or elliptical, 2-8 cm long, cuneate at base, more or less rounded at apex, with 11-20 veins per 5 mm.
• Inflorescences axillary, unbranched, 7-many-flowered; flowers unknown.
• Fruit subspherical, 12-18 mm long, with thick outer layer, compact but with air spaces under skin, blue to blackish.

C. collinum occurs in hill forest up to 500 m altitude and is locally fairly common (e.g. near Kiunga, Papua New Guinea).

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• Calophyllum

R.H.M.J. Lemmens (selection of species)