Dialium kunstleri (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Dialium kunstleri Prain

Protologue: Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 66: 168 (1897).

Synonyms

• Dialium dewittei v. Steenis (1948),
• Dialium silvestre de Wit (1953),
• Dialium trifoliolatum de Wit (1953).

Distribution

Peninsular Malaysia (rare) and Borneo (common).

Uses

The timber is used as keranji.

Observations

• A medium-sized to fairly large tree of up to 40 m tall, bole up to 90 cm in diameter.
• Leaflets 3-5(-7), (4-)5-15(-19) cm × (2-)3-6(-7.5) cm, glabrous above, glabrescent beneath.
• Sepals 3, petals 0, stamens 6.
• Fruit broadly ellipsoid to ovoid, 3-4 cm × 2.5-3 cm.

D. kunstleri is usually found on brown to yellowish silt or sandy loam soils and occurs in primary forest up to 250 m altitude.

Selected sources

100, 146, 587, 779.

Main genus page

• Dialium

Authors

J.P. Rojo (selection of species)