Palaquium gutta (Hook.) Baill.

Gutta percha (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Sapotaceae > Palaquium

Characteristics

A tree. It grows to 45 m high. The trunk is 50 cm across. The bark is cracked. The twigs are 2-6 mm thick. They have reddish brown hairs. The leaves are scattered along the twigs or clustered at the tips. They are thickly papery. They are oval and 6-22 cm long by 2.5-6 cm wide. They can be larger. They have reddish-brown hairs underneath. The edges of the leaf is flat. The midrib is sunken above. There are 16-33 pairs of secondary veins. The flowers are whitish green or yellow. There are 2-10 per cluster. They are in the axils of leaves or on the leaf scars. The fruit are round or oval and 2-3.5 cm long by 1-3 cm wide. There are 1-2 seeds. The fruit are edible
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.5
Mature height (meter) 20.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Lowland and hill forest, growing in both dipterocarp and limestone forest as well as in kerangas. It usually occurs scattered in lowland forest, but can be found at elevations up to 1,600 metres.
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A tropical plant. They occur in freshwater and dryland lowland forests. They can grow up to 1,600 m altitude.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

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

Cultivation

Plants are grown from seeds.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) 24 - 30
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Palaquium gutta leaf picture by Adeline Lee (cc-by-sa)
Palaquium gutta leaf picture by Hawken Fox (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Palaquium gutta fruit picture by Hawken Fox (cc-by-sa)

Conservation status

Palaquium gutta threat status: Near Threatened

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60456374-2
WFO ID wfo-0000262560
COL ID 4C3R7
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Isonandra acuminata Palaquium croixianum Palaquium ellipsoideum Palaquium formosum Palaquium malaccense Palaquium oblongifolium Palaquium obscurum Palaquium selendit Palaquium treubii Isonandra gutta Palaquium fulvosericeum Palaquium gloegoerense Palaquium acuminatum Palaquium vrieseanum Palaquium tammrdak Croixia gutta Dichopsis borneensis Dichopsis treubii Dichopsis gutta Dichopsis oblongifolia Isonandra percha Palaquium borneense Palaquium borneense Palaquium gutta f. selendit Palaquium gutta f. vrieseanum Palaquium optimum Palaquium gutta Isonandra gutta var. oblongifolia Palaquium gutta var. oblongifolium Palaquium gutta var. sessiliflora Palaquium gutta f. borneense Palaquium princeps