Calophyllum depressinervosum (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Calophyllum depressinervosum M.R. Henderson & Wyatt-Smith

Protologue: Gard. Bull. Sing. 15: 335 (1956).

Vernacular names

• Malaysia: bintangor lekok (Peninsular)
• Thailand: phanghan bailek (Chanthaburi).

Distribution

Cambodia, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, the Riau Archipelago, Bangka and Borneo.

Uses

The timber is used as bintangor.

Observations

• A medium-sized to fairly large tree up to 35 m tall with bole up to 85 cm in diameter, without buttresses; twigs obscurely 4-angled, terminal bud plump to conical, very small, 1.5-3 mm long (usually not functional).
• Leaves ovate or obovate to subelliptical, 3-10 cm long, cuneate at base, acuminate at apex, with 4-10 veins per 5 mm.
• Inflorescences axillary, unbranched, 7-13-flowered; flowers with 4 tepals.
• Fruit spherical, 8-11 mm long, with fairly thin outer layer with large air spaces, yellowish.

C. depressinervosum usually grows in mixed dipterocarp forest on well-drained sites up to 750 m altitude.

Selected sources

100, 648, 779.

Main genus page

• Calophyllum

Authors

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