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Calophyllum venulosum (PROSEA)

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<big>''[[Calophyllum venulosum]]'' Zoll.</big>
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:Protologue: Syst. Verz. 2: 149 (1854).
== Synonyms ==
*''Calophyllum'' ''javanicum'' Miq. (1854).
== Vernacular names ==
== Observations ==
*A small to large tree up to 45 m tall with bole up to 80 cm in diameter, without buttresses, but sometimes shortly spurred; twigs usually 6-angled, terminal bud plump, 3-13 mm long; leaves .*Leaves elliptical, ovate, suboblong or obovate, 4-23.5 cm long, auriculate, cordate or rounded at base, acute to rounded at apex, with 4-10 veins per 5 mm; inflorescences .*Inflorescences usually axillary, unbranched, (1-)5(-11)-flowered; flowers with 4 tepals; fruit .*Fruit usually spherical, 12-20 mm long, with thick, compact outer layer, yellowish to brownish.  ''C.'' ''venulosum'' usually grows in well-drained mixed dipterocarp forest up to 600(-1500) m altitude, but also frequently along streams. The density of the wood is 570-660 kg/m<sup>3</sup>at 15% moisture content.
== Selected sources ==
35, 100, 318, 648, 779.
 
== Main genus page ==
 
*[[Calophyllum (PROSEA)|''Calophyllum'']]
 
== Authors ==
 
R.H.M.J. Lemmens (selection of species)
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