Homalium minahassae (PROSEA)
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Introduction |
Homalium minahassae Koord.
- Protologue: Versl. Minahasa: 474, 624 (1898).
Vernacular names
- Indonesia: karikis sela (Minahasa), lagumute, kationgar (Moluccas).
Distribution
North Sulawesi and the Kai and Tanimbar Islands (the Moluccas).
Uses
The wood is used as malas for house building.
Observations
A medium-sized tree up to 35 m tall, bole up to 80 cm in diameter; leaves oblong-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, (10-)15-20 cm × 4-5(-8) cm, entire, gradually narrowed into the subacute apex, glabrous and shiny on both surfaces; racemes simple or branched, grey tomentose; flowers solitary, 6-7-merous, on 2-3 mm long pedicels, sepals and petals glabrescent, stamens in fascicles of 6-7(-8) before each petal, one stamen between the disk glands, the others inserted on the base of the petal. H. minahassae occurs in primary forest on level, sandy clay soils, up to 100 m altitude.
Selected sources
162, 234, 661.