Diospyros discocalyx (PROSEA)

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Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Diospyros discocalyx Merr.

Protologue: Univ. Calif. Public. Bot. 15: 245 (1929).

Distribution

Borneo (Sabah).

Uses

The pale wood is used locally.

Observations

A medium-sized tree, bole up to 75 cm in diameter; leaves lanceolate-elliptical to elliptical-oblong, 5-15 cm × 2.5-7 cm, base acute to obtuse, apex abruptly short acuminate, sparsely short pubescent below, tertiary venation reticulate, slightly prominent; flowers unknown; fruit depressed globose, 6-10 cm in diameter, 8-10-locular, glabrous. D. discocalyx is a still imperfectly known species which seems to be common in Sabah. The density of the wood is 600-815 kg/m³at 15% moisture content.

Selected sources

42, 77.