Cryptocarya invasiorum (PROSEA)
Introduction |
Cryptocarya invasiorum Kosterm.
- Protologue: Reinwardtia 7: 312 (1968).
Vernacular names
- Indonesia: avies (Biak, Irian Jaya).
Distribution
The Moluccas (Tanimbar and Aru Islands), New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
Uses
The wood is reputed to be used as medang.
Observations
A medium-sized tree up to 30 m tall, bole up to 45 cm in diameter, with buttresses up to 2.5 m high, bark surface smooth or shallowly fissured, dark brown to blackish, inner bark pale brown to brown; leaves arranged spirally, 11-18 cm × 3-10.5 cm, apex long acuminate, with 5-6 pairs of secondary veins, lower surface dull, pale and glabrous; inflorescence umbel-like, up to 5 cm long; perianth 2-3 mm long, lobes longer than the tube, densely yellowish-brown sublanuginose; fruit ellipsoid, c. 12 mm in diameter. C. invasiorum is found in primary and secondary forest, up to 300 m altitude.
Selected sources
318.