Characteristics
Leaves (5-)10-15(-25) by (3-)5-10(-12) cm, glabrous; petiole glabrous. Buds glabrous. Inflorescence up to c. 30 cm; racemules up to 25 cm. Receptacle inside puberulous. Sepals c. 1 mm long. Staminodes ½-1 mm long. Capsule (sub)globose.
| Life form |
perennial
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| Growth form |
tree
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| Growth support |
-
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| Foliage retention |
evergreen
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| Sexuality |
-
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| Pollination |
-
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| Spread |
-
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| Mature width (meter) |
-
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| Mature height (meter) |
-
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| Root system |
-
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| Rooting depth (meter) |
-
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| Root diameter (meter) |
-
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| Flower color |
-
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| Blooming months |
-
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| Fruit color |
-
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| Fruiting months |
-
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| Nitrogen fixer |
-
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| Photosynthetic pathway |
-
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Environment
Primary and secondary forests on hills and mountains up to 1700 m. Reported from riverbanks, ridges, ravines and forest borders. Scattered, locally fairly common.
| Light |
-
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| Soil humidity |
-
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| Soil texture |
-
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| Soil acidity |
-
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| Soil nutriment |
-
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| Hardiness (USDA) |
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Usage
Uses. The timber is reported as of good quality, used amongst others for house-building purposes and cart-wheels. In the Philippines the bark is sometimes used against skin-eruptions. In Java the young shoots are eaten with rice as lalab (HASS-KARL).
| Uses |
timber
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| Edible
|
-
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| Therapeutic use
|
-
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| Human toxicity |
-
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| Animal toxicity |
-
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Cultivation
| Mode |
-
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| Germination duration (days) |
-
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| Germination temperacture (C°) |
-
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| Germination luminosity |
-
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| Germination treatment |
-
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| Minimum temperature (C°) |
-
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| Optimum temperature (C°) |
-
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| Size |
-
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| Vigor |
-
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| Productivity |
-
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