Cryptocarya tomentosa (PROSEA)
Introduction |
Cryptocarya tomentosa Blume
- Protologue: Mus. bot. Lugd.-Bat. 1: 335 (1851).
Synonyms
Cryptocarya fuliginosa Elmer (1939).
Vernacular names
- Indonesia: huru kunyit, huru mentek, huru tengek (Sundanese).
Distribution
Peninsular Malaysia, Java, Borneo, Sulawesi and the Philippines.
Uses
The wood is used as medang.
Observations
A medium-sized tree up to 20 m tall, bole up to 40 cm in diameter, with short buttresses, bark surface finely scaly, reddish, inner bark pale yellowish-brown to deep yellow turning brown on exposure; leaves arranged spirally, 9-20 cm × 3-9 cm, apex usually shortly acuminate, with 6-10 pairs of secondary veins, lower surface glaucous and finely reddish-brown or grey hairy; inflorescence up to 10 cm long, hairy; perianth tube funnel-shaped, 2-2.5 mm long, grey puberulous, the lobes as long as the tube, pedicel 1 mm long; fruit ovoid to ellipsoid, 10-15 mm in diameter, ribbed. C. tomentosa is found in lowland and montane forest, sometimes along rivers, up to 1500 m altitude. The density of the wood is 440-830 kg/m3at 15% moisture content.
Selected sources
36, 78, 234, 303, 316, 318, 474, 529, 705.