Calophyllum symingtonianum (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Calophyllum symingtonianum M.R. Henderson & Wyatt-Smith

Protologue: Gard. Bull. Sing. 15: 338 (1956).

Vernacular names

• Malaysia: bintangor bukit (Peninsular)
• Thailand: tanghon (Trang).

Distribution

Peninsular Malaysia; possibly also Thailand.

Uses

The timber is used as bintangor and applied in house building.

Observations

• A large tree up to 40 m tall with bole up to 95 cm in diameter, sometimes with low, thick spurs or small buttresses; twigs at first slightly 4-angled but soon becoming rounded, terminal bud plump, 3-7 mm long.
• Leaves ovate to subelliptical, 5-9 cm long, cuneate at base, acuminate at apex, with (6-)8-11 veins per 5 mm.
• Inflorescences terminal and from adjacent leaf axils, unbranched or branched, 11-many-flowered; flowers unknown.
• Fruit ellipsoid to ovoid, 17-20 mm long, with thin, compact outer layer.

C. symingtonianum grows in lowland and lower montane forest at 150-1200 m altitude, and is locally abundant. The timber is reported as hard.

Selected sources

648, 779.

Main genus page

• Calophyllum

Authors

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