Madhuca burckiana (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Madhuca burckiana (Koord.) H.J. Lam

Protologue: Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 7: 172 (1925).

Synonyms

• Madhuca fusicarpa (Elmer) Merr. (1923),
• Isonandra burckiana (Koord.) Baehni (1965).

Vernacular names

• Indonesia: kume motutu (Sulawesi), arupa putih (Ambon)
• Philippines: malobon, silanangsang (Manobo).

Distribution

The Philippines (Luzon, Dinagat, Mindanao, Surigao), Borneo (Sarawak), Sulawesi, the Moluccas and Irian Jaya.

Uses

The timber is used as nyatoh.

Observations

• A fairly large tree up to 35 m tall with bole up to 40 cm in diameter.
• Leaves evenly distributed, elliptical to obovate, 9-29 cm × 3.5-9 cm, secondary veins diminishing until inconspicuous near margin, glabrous, stipules up to 3 mm long, caducous.
• Flowers with sepals yellowish pubescent except at lower part inside, 8-lobed corolla glabrous except between stamens, 16-22 stamens and hairy ovary.
• Fruit ovoid-fusiform, 2-2.5 cm × 1 cm, 1-seeded.
• Seed brownish.

M. burckiana occurs in primary rain forest up to 1000 m altitude.

Selected sources

36, 100, 486, 733, 781.

Main genus page

• Madhuca (Timbers)

Authors

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