Homalium bracteatum (PROSEA)
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Introduction |
Homalium bracteatum Benth.
- Protologue: Journ. Linn. Soc., Bot. 23: 213 (1885).
Synonyms
Homalium curranii Merr. (1909).
Vernacular names
- Philippines: aranga (general), arangan-babae (Bikol), malakamanga (Tagalog).
Distribution
The Philippines (Luzon, Samar).
Uses
The wood is used as malas for general construction.
Observations
A medium-sized tree; leaves ovate or mostly elliptical-oblong, 15-20 cm × 5-8 cm, rather coarsely crenate, obtuse, shining and glabrous on both surfaces; panicles thyrsoid, grey- or yellowish-tomentose; flowers solitary or rarely in pairs, 5-merous, grey-hirtellous, on a 1 mm long pedicel, stamens in fascicles of 3. H. bracteatum is not uncommon in primary forest at low altitude.
Selected sources
162, 330, 527.