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<big>''[[Palaquium walsurifolium]]'' Pierre ex Dubard</big>
__NOTOC__
:Protologue: Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 56, Mém. 16: 22 (1909; "walsuraefolium").
== Vernacular names ==
*Indonesia: balam putih, balam serindit (Sumatra), nyatoh jangkar (Kalimantan).
== Distribution ==
Sumatra and Borneo (Sarawak, Sabah, Kalimantan); possibly also in Peninsular Malaysia.
== Uses ==
The timber is used as nyatoh, especially for planks. The latex is sometimes used to adulterate gutta-percha. The fruits are edible. The seeds yield a fat which is used as illuminant.
== Observations ==
A medium-sized to fairly large tree up to 37 m tall with bole usually up to 50 cm in diameter and having stilt roots; leaves loosely clustered at tip of twigs, obovate, with inconspicuous, transverse tertiary venation, initially pubescent beneath but soon glabrous; flowers in 2-4-flowered clusters, borne on 3-7 mm long pedicels (in fruit up to 20 mm long); fruit globose or ellipsoid, 1-2 cm long, glabrous. ''P.'' ''walsurifolium'' usually grows in marshy forest or on peaty soils and is locally common. The timber is yellowish-brown, with a density of 560-840 kg/m<sup>3</sup>at 15% moisture content.
== Selected sources ==
100, 190, 318, 461, 743, 779.
[[Category:Timbers (PROSEA)]]
[[Category:PROSEA]]
{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Palaquium walsurifolium'' (PROSEA)}}
<big>''[[Palaquium walsurifolium]]'' Pierre ex Dubard</big>
__NOTOC__
:Protologue: Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 56, Mém. 16: 22 (1909; "walsuraefolium").
== Vernacular names ==
*Indonesia: balam putih, balam serindit (Sumatra), nyatoh jangkar (Kalimantan).
== Distribution ==
Sumatra and Borneo (Sarawak, Sabah, Kalimantan); possibly also in Peninsular Malaysia.
== Uses ==
The timber is used as nyatoh, especially for planks. The latex is sometimes used to adulterate gutta-percha. The fruits are edible. The seeds yield a fat which is used as illuminant.
== Observations ==
A medium-sized to fairly large tree up to 37 m tall with bole usually up to 50 cm in diameter and having stilt roots; leaves loosely clustered at tip of twigs, obovate, with inconspicuous, transverse tertiary venation, initially pubescent beneath but soon glabrous; flowers in 2-4-flowered clusters, borne on 3-7 mm long pedicels (in fruit up to 20 mm long); fruit globose or ellipsoid, 1-2 cm long, glabrous. ''P.'' ''walsurifolium'' usually grows in marshy forest or on peaty soils and is locally common. The timber is yellowish-brown, with a density of 560-840 kg/m<sup>3</sup>at 15% moisture content.
== Selected sources ==
100, 190, 318, 461, 743, 779.
[[Category:Timbers (PROSEA)]]
[[Category:PROSEA]]
