Vatica perakensis (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Vatica perakensis King

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

Synonyms

• Sunaptea perakensis (King) Ridley (1922),
• Vatica songa v. Slooten (1927).

Vernacular names

• Malaysia: resak puteh (Peninsular).

Distribution

Peninsular Malaysia (Kedah, Perak) and central Sumatra.

Uses

The timber is used as resak.

Observations

• A small to medium-sized tree, up to 35 m tall with straight bole up to 45 cm in diameter.
• Leaves lanceolate to oblanceolate, 6-14 cm × 2-4 cm, with 11-13 pairs of secondary veins, glabrescent, petiole 10-20 mm long.
• Inflorescences up to 5 cm long.
• Flower buds c. 8 mm long.
• Nut ovoid, up to 10 mm long, surrounded by 2 longer and 3 shorter fruit calyx lobes, free to the base.

V. perakensis is common in coastal hills and on low ridges up to 600 m altitude. The timber is said to be hard and strong.

Selected sources

102, 253, 318, 425, 677, 748.

Main genus page

• Vatica

Authors

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