Cynometra elmeri (PROSEA)

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Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Cynometra elmeri Merr.

Protologue: Pl. elmer. born.: 98 (1929).

Synonyms

• Cynometra inaequifolia auct. non A. Gray.

Distribution

Sabah and the Philippines.

Uses

The wood is used as kekatong.

Observations

• A small to medium-sized tree of up to 25 m tall, bole up to 75 cm in diameter.
• Leaves with 1 pair of acuminate leaflets.
• Pod smooth, flat but thickened along the sutures, 4-6 cm × 2.5-3.5 cm.

C. elmeri occurs in the inner fringes of mangroves and in swamp forests up to 300 m altitude.

Selected sources

100, 146, 366.

Main genus page

• Cynometra

Authors

• M.H.A. Hoffman