Madhuca endertii (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Madhuca endertii H.J. Lam

Protologue: Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 8: 458 (1927).

Distribution

Borneo (Sabah, East Kalimantan).

Uses

The timber is possibly used as nyatoh or bitis.

Observations

• A medium-sized tree up to 30 m tall.
• Leaves evenly distributed, ovate, obovate to elliptical, 5-13(-18) cm × 2-6 cm, secondary veins joined near margin, glabrous, stipules c. 2 mm long, caducous.
• Flowers with sepals greyish pubescent outside and glabrous inside, 6-8-lobed corolla pubescent outside and glabrous inside except between the stamens, 12-16 stamens and glabrous pistil.
• Fruit ellipsoid, 2-4.5 cm × 1 cm, dark purple when ripe, 1-seeded.

M. endertii occurs at 1500-3700 m altitude.

Selected sources

733, 781.

Main genus page

• Madhuca (Timbers)

Authors

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