Vatica lowii (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Vatica lowii King

Protologue: Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 62(2): 103 (1893).

Synonyms

• Sunaptea lowii (King) Ridley (1922).

Vernacular names

• Malaysia: resak pipit (Peninsular)
• Thailand: phancham dong (peninsular).

Distribution

Peninsular Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia (Perak, Kelantan).

Uses

The timber is used as resak.

Observations

• A small to medium-sized tree, up to 25 m tall with bole up to 50 cm in diameter.
• Leaves elliptical-lanceolate, 5-14 cm × 2-5 cm, with 11-14 pairs of secondary veins, glabrescent, petiole 6-16 mm long.
• Inflorescences shortly branched, up to 3.5 cm long.
• Flower buds up to 5 mm long.
• Nut subglobose, up to 5 mm long, surrounded by 2 longer and 3 shorter fruit calyx lobes, free to the base.

V. lowii is locally abundant, on coastal hills and inland ridges up to 750 m altitude. The density of the wood is 840-1025 kg/m³ at 15% moisture content.

Selected sources

425, 508, 628, 677, 748.

Main genus page

• Vatica

Authors

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