Calophyllum woodii (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Calophyllum woodii P.F. Stevens

Protologue: Journ. Arn. Arb. 61: 378 (1980).

Distribution

Borneo.

Uses

The timber is possibly used as bintangor.

Observations

• A medium-sized tree up to 30 m tall with bole up to 80 cm in diameter, without buttresses; twigs rounded or 4-angled, terminal bud plump to subconical, 6-12(-17) mm long.
• Leaves elliptical to oblong, 9-22.5 cm long, cuneate to rounded at base, subrounded to acuminate at apex, with (6-)8-16(-20) veins per 5 mm.
• Inflorescences axillary, unbranched, 7-11-flowered; flowers with 4(-5) tepals.
• Fruit subspherical to ellipsoid, 13-20 mm long, with thick outer layer, compact but having air spaces under the skin, greenish to pale cream.

C. woodii usually grows in well-drained mixed dipterocarp forest, sometimes in swamps, up to 850 m altitude.

Selected sources

648.

Main genus page

• Calophyllum

Authors

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

S.C. Lim (general part, properties, wood anatomy),

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