Calophyllum havilandii (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Calophyllum havilandii P.F. Stevens

Protologue: Journ. Arn. Arb. 61: 450 (1980).

• Calophyllum rhizophorum auct. non Boerl. & Koord.

North-western Borneo (Sarawak, Sabah, Brunei).

The timber is used as bintangor. Locally it is used for planks.

• A medium-sized tree up to 27 m tall, bole without buttresses; twigs 4-angled, terminal bud conical, 2-4 mm long.
• Leaves obovate to suboblong, 5.5-14.5 cm long, broadly rounded to cuneate at base, slightly retuse at apex, with 4-7 veins per 5 mm.
• Inflorescences axillary, unbranched, 5-9-flowered; flowers with 4 tepals.
• Fruit ellipsoid, c. 20 mm long, with fairly thin outer layer, compact except for air spaces under the skin.

C. havilandii usually grows in peat swamps at low altitudes.

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• Calophyllum

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