Dialium modestum (PROSEA)
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Introduction |
Dialium modestum (v. Steenis) Stey.
- Protologue: Reinwardtia 2: 355 (1953).
Synonyms
- Uittienia modesta v. Steenis (1948).
Vernacular names
- Indonesia: nyamut, keranji, bumbun merah (Kalimantan).
Distribution
Borneo.
Uses
The timber is used as keranji.
Observations
- A small to medium-sized tree of up to 30 m tall, bole branchless for up to 18 m and up to 80 cm in diameter.
- Leaves unifoliolate, leaflet 7-20 cm × 3.5-7.5 cm, glabrous.
- Sepals 5, petals 5, stamens 5.
- Fruit not brittle but with a hard pericarp, globose, 4-6 cm in diameter.
D. modestum is a fairly common species of primary, non-inundated forests up to 600 m altitude. This species might well form a genus separate from Dialium; it should then be called Uittienia modesta v. Steenis.
Selected sources
337, 587, 650, 747.
Main genus page
Authors
J.P. Rojo (selection of species)