Dryobalanops beccarii (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Dryobalanops beccarii Dyer

Protologue: Journ. Bot. 12: 100 (1874).

Synonyms

• Dryobalanops oocarpa v. Slooten (1932).

Vernacular names

• Sabah kapur (En).
• Brunei: kapur bukit, kapur ranggi
• Indonesia: kapur sintuk, keladan (Kalimantan)
• Malaysia: kapur bukit, kapur ranggi (Sabah, Sarawak), kapur merah (Sabah).

Distribution

Borneo, except for the southern part.

Uses

The timber is used as kapur; in Brunei it is valued as the best quality of kapur. The wood is said to yield camphor oil.

Observations

• A large to very large tree up to 65 m tall, with a straight bole up to 100 cm in diameter; bark yellowish, slash aromatic but without dammar.
• Leaves ovate to lanceolate, 5-8 cm × 1.5-3 cm, with an up to 17 mm long acumen, glabrous.
• Fruit calyx lobes up to 6.5 cm × 0.8 cm, finally patent, bordering a cup which is considerably narrower than the nut.

D. beccarii is not common, but occurs locally abundantly on leached sandy soils on hills and ridges below 700 m altitude; also along streams and in seasonal swamps. The density of the wood is 600-710 kg/m³ at 15% moisture content. See also the table on wood properties.

Selected sources

30, 89, 100, 318, 461, 561, 748.

Main genus page

• Dryobalanops

Authors

• M.S.M. Sosef (selection of species)