Campnosperma brevipetiolatum (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Campnosperma brevipetiolatum Volkens

Protologue: Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 31: 466 (1902).

Vernacular names

• Indonesia: lakuoeng, taniruana (Moluccas), dalipo (Sulawesi).

Distribution

Sulawesi, the Moluccas, New Guinea, Melanesia and Micronesia.

Uses

The timber is traded as "campnosperma" for uses similar to terentang from western Malesia; C. brevipetiolatum is the most important Campnosperma species for timber production in New Guinea.

Observations

• A large tree up to 50 m tall, with bole up to 120(-220) cm in diameter.
• Leaves oblanceolate, large (up to 17.5 cm wide), at base broadly and gradually decurrent and with ear-like lobes, glabrous beneath except at base.
• Flowers in large, profusely branched panicles.
• Fruit with hollow septum, red to black when ripe.

C. brevipetiolatum is often dominant in peat and sago swamps, scattered to rare elsewhere except in the Solomon Islands where it may be co-dominant on well-drained soils. It is also planted in the Solomon Islands for reforestation. The density of the wood is 310-420 kg/m³ at 15% moisture content. See also the table on wood properties.

Selected sources

67, 241, 315, 359, 545, 735, 748, 764.

Main genus page

• Campnosperma

Authors

Ani Sulaiman