Dacryodes expansa (Ridl.) H.J.Lam

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Burseraceae > Dacryodes

Characteristics

Small tree. Branchlets unknown; buds rufous hairy. Leaves (incompletely known) 4-or more-jugate, glabrous; internodes of rhachis c. 5 cm long, petiolules 2½-3½, terminal one 5 cm long. Leaflets oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 17-23 by 6-7½ cm, brownish when dried; base cuneate, slightly oblique; apex subabruptly acuminate, acumen short, slender, ± acute; nerves 10-12, curved, not joined, prominulous beneath; reticulation lax, rather inconspicuous. Inflorescences (only ♂ known) probably lateral on axillary short shoots, up to 24 cm long, lax, glabrous; peduncle up to 6 cm long, branches far apart, the lower up to 10 cm long; pedicels 3-7 mm long, slender. Flowers 5 mm long, glabrous. Calyx 2 mm, the lobes broadly deltoid. Petals ovate-oblong, blunt to ± rounded and minutely inflexed at apex, 4-4½ mm long, very thin. Stamens free from the disk. Disk thick-annular. Pistil in ♂ flowers rather strongly reduced. Infructescences and fruits unknown.
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A small evergreen tree. It grows 10-25 m tall. It can have buttresses. The leaves are compound with 4 pairs of leaflets. The leaflets are 17-23 cm long by 6-8 cm wide. The base is wedge shaped. Male and female flowers are on separate plants. The male flowers are on shoots 24 cm long. The fruit is narrowly oval and about 4 cm long by 3 cm wide.
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Sexuality dioecy
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Mature height (meter) 12.5 - 20.0
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Environment

A tropical plant. It grow in lowland forest. It grows up to 100 m above sea level.
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Primary lowland forests at elevations up to 100 metres.
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

The flesh of the fruit clings strongly to the seeds. They are put in hot water and this makes it easier to remove the seeds.
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Edible fruits seeds
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Plants can be grown from seeds.
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Distribution

Dacryodes expansa world distribution map, present in Brunei Darussalam and Malaysia

Conservation status

Dacryodes expansa threat status: Vulnerable

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:127884-1
WFO ID wfo-0000636730
COL ID 33TGJ
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Synonyms

Canarium expansum Dacryodes expansa