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Calophyllum molle (PROSEA)

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<big>''[[Calophyllum molle]]'' King</big>
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:Protologue: Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 59: 177 (1890).
== Observations ==
*A medium-sized tree up to 30 m tall, with bole up to 50 cm in diameter, without buttresses; twigs obscurely 4-angled, terminal bud plump to elliptical, 4-10 mm long; leaves .*Leaves ovate to suboblong or subelliptical, 6-18.5 cm long, rounded to cuneate at base, acute or acuminate at apex, with (8-)11-17 veins per 5 mm, rusty tomentose beneath; inflorescences .*Inflorescences axillary, unbranched, 3-5-flowered; flowers with 4 (rarely 6) tepals; fruit .*Fruit subspherical to ellipsoid, 22-34 mm long, with thick, compact outer layer, brownish.  ''C.'' ''molle'' grows in mixed dipterocarp forest, often on ridges and hillsides, up to 700 m altitude. The wood has a density of 600-720 kg/m<sup>3</sup>at 15% moisture content.
== Selected sources ==
100, 190, 648, 779.
 
== Main genus page ==
 
*[[Calophyllum (PROSEA)|''Calophyllum'']]
 
== Authors ==
 
R.H.M.J. Lemmens (selection of species)
[[Category:Timbers (PROSEA)]]
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