Scaphium linearicarpum (Mast.) Pierre

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Scaphium

Characteristics

A tree. It grows 35 m tall. The trunk can be 60 cm across. It has buttresses. The leaves are broadly oval and the base is deeply heart shaped. They are arranged in spirals. The flowers are pale green in groups in the axils of leaves. The fruit is a yellowish nut with boat shaped wings. There is a single seed.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support -
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 30.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in tropical rainforest between 10-100 m above sea level. It can be up to 700 m above sea level.
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Lowland forests at elevations up to 720 metres.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

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

Cultivation

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

Images

Scaphium linearicarpum unspecified picture

Distribution

Scaphium linearicarpum world distribution map, present in Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand

Conservation status

Scaphium linearicarpum threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:825020-1
WFO ID wfo-0000492035
COL ID 6XT9J
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Sterculia linearicarpa Scaphium linearicarpum Scaphium velutinosum Clompanus linearicarpa Firmiana linearicarpa