Diospyros macrophylla (PROSEA)
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Diospyros macrophylla Blume
- Protologue: Bijdr. fl. Ned. Ind. part 13: 670 (1826).
Synonyms
Diospyros cystopus Miq. (1861), Diospyros suluensis Merr. (1926), Diospyros pachycalyx Merr. (1929).
Vernacular names
- Indonesia: ki calung (Sundanese), siamang (Sumatra), mahirangan (Malay, Kalimantan)
- Philippines: tauailan (Panay Bisaya).
Distribution
Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Sulawesi and the Philippines.
Uses
The wood is used as streaked ebony, e.g. for building and furniture. The fruits are reported to be edible.
Observations
A medium-sized to large tree up to 45 m tall, bole cylindrical, up to 70 cm in diameter, bark surface longitudinally fissured, black; leaves ovate to oblong-lanceolate, 7-35 cm × 3.5-15 cm, base rounded, apex acute to short obtusely acuminate, glabrous, tertiary venation reticulate, indistinct; male flowers in 3-many-flowered cymes, 4-5-merous, stamens 12-20; female flowers in 1-16-flowered cymes, 4-5-merous, calyx lobes valvate, velutinous outside, sericeous inside, corolla divided to one-third, staminodes 8-10, ovary with a single style with a 4-5-lobed stigma and 10 uni-ovulate locules; fruit globose to ovoid or ellipsoid, 5-7 cm across, apex and base pubescent when mature. D. macrophylla occurs up to 900 m altitude. The wood is reported to be non-durable, finely grained and red, and is not attacked by termites. The density of the wood is 440-750 kg/m3at 15% moisture content.
Selected sources
42, 77, 234, 595.