Cryptocarya griffithiana (PROSEA)
Introduction |
Cryptocarya griffithiana Wight
- Protologue: Icon. pl. Ind. orient. 5: 12, t. 1830 (1852).
Vernacular names
- Indonesia: medang buaya, piuta (Bangka)
- Malaysia: medang bulu merah, medang buaya, rambahan bukit (Peninsular).
Distribution
Burma (Myanmar), Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo and the Philippines (Mindanao).
Uses
The wood is used as medang for house building, interior finish, furniture, agricultural implements, and veneer and plywood.
Observations
A medium-sized tree up to 33 m tall, bole up to 50 cm in diameter, bark surface closely set with lenticels, reddish-brown; leaves arranged spirally, 10-30 cm × 4-15 cm, apex long acuminate, with 5-9 pairs of secondary veins, glaucous and velvety hairy below; inflorescence axillary and up to 8 cm long or terminal and up to 22 cm long; perianth tube 1.5-2 mm long, tomentose, pedicel very short; fruit pear-shaped, c. 1.3 cm in diameter. C. griffithiana isuncommon in primary and secondary lowland forest. The density of the wood is 540-840 kg/m3at 15% moisture content.
Selected sources
78, 104, 140, 474, 526, 529, 705.