Palaquium eriocalyx H.J.Lam

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Sapotaceae > Palaquium

Characteristics

A tree. It grows 36 m high. The trunk is 40 cm across. There are buttresses 3 m high. The bark is slightly cracked. The twigs are 2-6 mm thick. They have dense long, orange brown hairs. The leaves are scattered along the twigs. They are oval and papery. They are 8-20 cm long by 5-12 cm wide. They taper to the tip. The edge of the leaf is wavy. There are 10-15 pairs of secondary veins. The leaf stalk is 12-30 mm long by 1-2 mm wide. It is flat with a groove above. It is densely orange brown hairy. There are 4-12 flowers per cluster. They are produced in the axils of leaves. The fruit is almost round.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support -
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.4
Mature height (meter) 32.0
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Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

A mid-canopy tree in undisturbed mixed dipterocarp forests at elevations up to 200 metres. It is also found on limestone.
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A tropical plant. It grows in lowland forests up to 150 m altitude. It can grown on limestone.
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Usage

Uses food material timber wood
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:788295-1
WFO ID wfo-0000262536
COL ID 4C3QM
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Palaquium eriocalyx