Durio acutifolius (PROSEA)
Introduction |
Durio acutifolius (Masters) Kosterm.
- Protologue: De Tropische Natuur 33: 34 (1953).
Synonyms
Boschia acutifolia Masters (1875), Durio griffithii (Masters) Bakh. var. acutifolius (Masters) Bakh. (1924).
Vernacular names
- Indonesia: tupaloh, durian burung, durian anggang (Dayak, Kalimantan)
- Malaysia: durian daun runcing (Sabah), durian burong (Sarawak).
Distribution
Borneo (Sarawak, Sabah and Kalimantan).
Uses
The wood is reputed to be used as durian.
Observations
A medium-sized tree up to 28 m tall, with bole branchless for up to 14 m and up to 50 cm in diameter having broad buttresses up to 5 m high, bark surface initially smooth and hoop-marked, becoming slightly flaky or fissured, pale brown; leaves elliptical-oblong, 6-15 cm × 2.5-6 cm, densely copper-brown scaly below; flowers usually solitary in leaf axils, petals c. 10 mm long, pale yellow, stamens free, opening by a pore; fruit narrowly ovoid to spindle-shaped, up to 6 cm long, outside wine-red with pyramidal spines. D. acutifolius grows on poor sandy and clay-rich yellow soils, often periodically inundated, up to 400 m altitude; it is locally common as understorey tree, but usually occurs scattered.
Selected sources
26, 77, 99, 234, 312, 576.