Madhuca leucodermis (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Madhuca leucodermis (K. Krause) H.J. Lam

Protologue: Nova Guinea 14(4): 556 (1932).

• Illipe leucodermis K. Krause (1923).

New Guinea.

The timber is probably used as nyatoh or bitis.

• A fairly large tree up to 30 m tall.
• Leaves evenly distributed or loosely clustered at tips of twigs, narrowly ovate to elliptical, 15-35 cm × 5.5-11 cm, secondary veins joined in arches or diminishing until inconspicuous near margin, scattered beneath with minute hairs, stipules up to 5 mm long, caducous.
• Flowers with sepals hairy outside and glabrous inside, 8-lobed corolla entirely glabrous, 16 stamens and hairy ovary.
• Fruit ellipsoid, c. 2.5 cm × 1.5 cm, with fleshy pericarp, 1-seeded; seed lacking albumen, with thick cotyledons.

M. leucodermis occurs in forest up to 900 m altitude. The density of the wood is 750-870 kg/m³ at 15% moisture content.

733.

• Madhuca (Timbers)

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