Dillenia quercifolia (c.T.White & W.D.Francis ex Lane-poole) Hoogland

Species

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Characteristics

Large tree, ca 35 m high with 28 m clear trunk ca 1.2 m diam., with reddish, papery scaly bark and yellow to rose-brown wood. Leaves elliptic 6-9-nerved, 8-15 by 4½-12 cm, with obtuse to rounded, minutely acuminate apex, obtuse to rounded base, and more or less undulate margin, glabrous. Petiole 3-4 cm long, the wings 3-7 mm broad. Raceme 2-4-flowered, up to ca 5 cm long with tortuous axis. Flowers ca 4-5 cm diam. Sepals 5, 12-16 by 10-13 mm. Petals not known from open flowers. Stamens ca 60, 10 mm long. Carpels 7-10, usually 8, ca 5 by 2 mm, with 7 mm long style, each with 8-9 ovules. Fruit unknown.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 32.5
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Environment

'Flowers July to August in N. Division' (LANE POOLE).
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A canopy tree in rain forests
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses material medicinal social use timber
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Distribution

Dillenia quercifolia world distribution map, present in Malaysia and Papua New Guinea

Conservation status

Dillenia quercifolia threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:316742-1
WFO ID wfo-0000647624
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Synonyms

Wormia quercifolia Dillenia quercifolia