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<big>''[[Palaquium gutta]]'' (Hook.f.) Baillon</big>
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:Protologue: Traité bot. méd. phan., Add.: 1500 (1884).
== Synonyms ==
''Palaquium'' ''acuminatum'' Burck (1886), ''Palaquium'' ''oblongifolium'' (Burck) Burck (1886), ''Croixia'' ''gutta'' (Hook.f.) Baehni (1965).
== Vernacular names ==
*Gutta-percha tree (En)
*Indonesia: suntek (Java), balam abang (Sumatra), getah merah (Kalimantan)
*Malaysia: taban merah, nyatoh taban merah (Peninsular), nyatoh rian (Sarawak)
*Thailand: chik-nom (Ranong, Satun), saeo (Phatthalung).
== Distribution ==
Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra and Borneo; cultivated elsewhere, e.g. in Java.
== Uses ==
The timber is used as nyatoh, for planks (not exposed to the weather or ground), and furniture. The latex gives the best grade of gutta-percha. The seeds contain a fat used for the manufacture of soap and candles, and sometimes for cooking.
== Observations ==
A medium-sized to large tree up to 45 m tall, but generally much smaller (c. 25 m) with columnar bole up to 60 cm in diameter and usually small buttresses; leaves clustered at tip of twigs or evenly distributed, obovate, ovate, elliptical or narrowly elliptical, with transverse or reticulate tertiary veins (sometimes parallel to secondary veins), distinct or inconspicuous, golden-brownish velvety beneath; flowers in 2-7(-10)-flowered clusters, borne on 2-9(-12) mm long pedicels, whitish-green or yellowish; fruit globose, ellipsoid or ovoid, 2-3.5 cm long, finely hairy and green. ''P.'' ''gutta'' is a variable species, especially in its leaves. It occurs scattered in lowland forest, but sometimes up to 1600 m altitude (Sabah). The timber is fairly heavy for nyatoh, with a density of 610-910 kg/m<sup>3</sup>at 15% moisture content, and often shows attractive patterns. Gutta-percha can be obtained by tapping the bark or by extraction from the leaves; it is often blended with gutta-percha of inferior quality from other ''Sapotaceae'' species. The seeds contain 58-63% fat. See also the table on wood properties.
== Selected sources ==
35, 36, 89, 100, 102, 190, 255, 315, 318, 322, 451, 461, 581, 730, 743, 779, 792.
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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Palaquium gutta'' (PROSEA)}}
<big>''[[Palaquium gutta]]'' (Hook.f.) Baillon</big>
__NOTOC__
:Protologue: Traité bot. méd. phan., Add.: 1500 (1884).
== Synonyms ==
''Palaquium'' ''acuminatum'' Burck (1886), ''Palaquium'' ''oblongifolium'' (Burck) Burck (1886), ''Croixia'' ''gutta'' (Hook.f.) Baehni (1965).
== Vernacular names ==
*Gutta-percha tree (En)
*Indonesia: suntek (Java), balam abang (Sumatra), getah merah (Kalimantan)
*Malaysia: taban merah, nyatoh taban merah (Peninsular), nyatoh rian (Sarawak)
*Thailand: chik-nom (Ranong, Satun), saeo (Phatthalung).
== Distribution ==
Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra and Borneo; cultivated elsewhere, e.g. in Java.
== Uses ==
The timber is used as nyatoh, for planks (not exposed to the weather or ground), and furniture. The latex gives the best grade of gutta-percha. The seeds contain a fat used for the manufacture of soap and candles, and sometimes for cooking.
== Observations ==
A medium-sized to large tree up to 45 m tall, but generally much smaller (c. 25 m) with columnar bole up to 60 cm in diameter and usually small buttresses; leaves clustered at tip of twigs or evenly distributed, obovate, ovate, elliptical or narrowly elliptical, with transverse or reticulate tertiary veins (sometimes parallel to secondary veins), distinct or inconspicuous, golden-brownish velvety beneath; flowers in 2-7(-10)-flowered clusters, borne on 2-9(-12) mm long pedicels, whitish-green or yellowish; fruit globose, ellipsoid or ovoid, 2-3.5 cm long, finely hairy and green. ''P.'' ''gutta'' is a variable species, especially in its leaves. It occurs scattered in lowland forest, but sometimes up to 1600 m altitude (Sabah). The timber is fairly heavy for nyatoh, with a density of 610-910 kg/m<sup>3</sup>at 15% moisture content, and often shows attractive patterns. Gutta-percha can be obtained by tapping the bark or by extraction from the leaves; it is often blended with gutta-percha of inferior quality from other ''Sapotaceae'' species. The seeds contain 58-63% fat. See also the table on wood properties.
== Selected sources ==
35, 36, 89, 100, 102, 190, 255, 315, 318, 322, 451, 461, 581, 730, 743, 779, 792.
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