Cryptocarya erectinervia (PROSEA)

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Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Cryptocarya erectinervia Kosterm.

Protologue: Reinwardtia 7: 307 (1968).

Distribution

Borneo and the Philippines (Luzon, Palawan).

Uses

The wood is reputed to be used as medang.

Observations

A small to medium-sized tree up to 20 m tall, bole branchless for up to 12 m, up to 60 cm in diameter, with small buttresses up to 0.5 m high, bark surface smooth, pale brown, inner bark pale brown; leaves arranged spirally, 11-20 cm × 3-6.5 cm, apex obtuse to shortly acuminate, with 6-8 pairs of secondary veins, dull and glabrous below; inflorescence up to 10 cm long, yellowish-brown pilose; fruit ellipsoid, smooth, up to 1.1 cm in diameter. C. erectinervia is found in lowland to montane forest, also along rivers and in freshwater swamp forest, up to 1600 m altitude.

Selected sources

318.