Nageia motleyi (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia
Introduction

Nageia motleyi (Parl.) de Laubenf.

Protologue: Blumea 32: 210 (1987).

Synonyms

Podocarpus beccarii Parl. (1868), Podocarpus motleyi (Parl.) Dümmer (1914), Decussocarpus motleyi (Parl.) de Laubenf. (1969).

Vernacular names

Indonesia: kayu cina, marimbu (Kalimantan), kebal ayam (Sumatra)
Malaysia: podo kebal musang (Peninsular), medang buloh (Sarawak)
Thailand: sangching, phayamai (peninsular), rayo-kayu (Malay, peninsular).

Distribution

Peninsular Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo (Sarawak, Kalimantan).

Uses

The wood is used as podocarp.

Observations

A large tree up to 54 m tall, bole straight, without buttresses, up to 75 cm in diameter; leaves oblong to elliptical, 3-5(-7.5) cm × 1.5-2.2(-2.8) cm, with many veins; pollen cones solitary and sessile; seed-bearing structure solitary, receptacle becoming fleshy; seed globose. N. motleyi occurs scattered in primary and secondary rain forest and is generally found in mixed peat-swamp forest, but also on well-drained slopes, up to 500(-1000) m altitude. The density of the wood is 550-660 kg/m³at 15% moisture content.

Selected sources

117, 127, 132, 162, 190, 404, 466, 474, 476, 575, 685, 705.