Diospyros clavigera (PROSEA)
Introduction |
Diospyros clavigera Clarke
- Protologue: Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 558 (1882).
Synonyms
Diospyros malaccensis Bakh. (1933).
Vernacular names
- Indonesia: kayu arang (Bangka, Lingga)
- Malaysia: kayu arang, komoi, kumoi (Peninsular).
Distribution
Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Bangka and the Lingga Archipelago.
Uses
D. clavigera is an important source of black ebony.
Observations
A large tree up to 46 m tall, bole up to 75 cm in diameter, bark surface closely fissured, black; leaves ovate to obovate, 3.5-15 cm × 2.5-8 cm, base attenuate or rarely rounded, apex rounded to acuminate, glabrous, tertiary venation laxly reticulate, faint; male flowers in 4-20-flowered cymes, 4-merous, stamens 12-16; female flowers unknown; fruit globose, 4-locular, 1-1.5 cm across. D. clavigera is fairly common but scattered in primary lowland forest, up to 500 m altitude. The density of the wood is 935-1010 kg/m3at 15% moisture content.
Selected sources
42, 78, 140, 457, 705.