Goniothalamus velutinus (PROSEA)
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Introduction |
Goniothalamus velutinus Airy Shaw
- Protologue: Kew Bull.: 286 (1939).
Vernacular names
- Brunei: linpanas hitam, talipanas hitam (Sengkurong)
- Malaysia: kayu tas, limpanas (Malay), selokai (Iban).
Distribution
Borneo.
Uses
Sticks of this tree have a long reputation for warding off snakes, and are traded as such to Peninsular Malaysia. Sticks are often placed in field borders to ward off bad spirits and dangerous animals. In Brunei, smoke from burning twigs is used in the same way as smoke from G. macrophyllus.
Observations
- A small tree up to 6 m tall, young shoots densely dark-rusty velutinous.
- Leaves oblanceolate, 40-42 cm × 8.5-10 cm, base rotundate, apex acuminate, acumen 1.5-2 cm long, papyraceous, covered with dark-rusty hairs, petiole 1.8 cm long, densely velutinous.
- Cauliflorous, pedicel 0.5-0.9 cm long, with 4 bracts at base, sepals triangular-ovate, about 0.7 cm × 0.4 cm, outer petals ovate-lanceolate, 1.8 cm × 0.8 cm, inner petals ovate, 1.2 cm × 0.6 cm, greenish, stamens more than 100, carpels 12-16.
G. velutinus is found in mixed dipterocarp forest, common on upper slopes and ridges.
Selected sources
- [466] Inoue, T. & Hamid, A.A.(Editors), 1997. General flowering of tropical rainforests in Sarawak. Canopy Biology Program in Sarawak (CBPS): Series II. Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. 251 pp.
- [487] Jewers, K., Davis, J.B., Dougan, J., Manchanda, A.H., Blunden, G., Kyi, A. & Wetchapinan, S., 1972. Goniothalamin and its distribution in four Goniothalamus species. Phytochemistry 11(6): 2025—2030.
- [652] Mat Salleh, K., 1987. Limpanas (kayu tas) - an interesting Bornean wood. Sabah Society Journal 8(3): 366—372.
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Authors
- Khozirah Shaari