Campnosperma squamatum (PROSEA)
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Campnosperma squamatum Ridley
- Protologue: Kew Bull.: 197 (1933).
Synonyms
- Campnosperma minor Corner (1939).
Vernacular names
- Malaysia: terentang daun kecil (Peninsular), terentang puteh, kayu mansan (Sarawak).
Distribution
Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Borneo.
Uses
The timber is used as terentang.
Observations
- A medium-sized tree up to 30 m tall, with bole up to 60 cm in diameter, rarely stilt roots present.
- Leaves elliptical, obovate, oblanceolate or spatulate, comparatively small (up to 8(-11) cm wide), at base decurrent but ending abruptly and slightly increasing in size but without distinct ear-like lobes, usually glabrous on both sides.
- Flowers in small to fairly large, scantly branched panicles.
- Fruit with hollow septum, green speckled white to dark green.
C. squamatum occurs in swamp forest in the lowland, mixed primary forest on well-drained soil, and in submontane forests up to 1200 m altitude. Locally it is common.
Selected sources
633, 748, 779.
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Authors
Ani Sulaiman