Parashorea densiflora (PROSEA)
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Introduction |
Parashorea densiflora v. Slooten & Sym.
- Protologue: Gard. Bull. Str. Settl. 10: 373, pl. 24 (1939).
Synonyms
- Parashorea aptera Foxw. (1932) non v. Slooten.
Vernacular names
- Malaysia: meranti pasir, gerutu pasir (general), tengkawang jantong (Pahang, Trengganu).
Distribution
Peninsular Malaysia.
Uses
The timber is used as gerutu for general utilities.
Observations
- A medium-sized to large tree up to 50 m tall, bole tall, branchless for up to 28 m and with a diameter of up to 145 cm, buttresses tall to short and stout or almost absent, outer bark dark, brittle, inner bark yellow-brown or dull brown, sapwood yellow-brown.
- Leaves elliptical to ovate, 7-15 cm × 3-6.5 cm, more or less densely lepidote at least on the 10-20 pairs of secondary veins beneath, petiole 9-12 mm long, stipules linear, the scars short and horizontal.
- Fruit calyx shorter than nut, the lobes reflexed, subequal, up to 12 mm × 3 mm, nut subglobose, to 3 cm in diameter.
P. densiflora occurs scattered in lowland dipterocarp forest in undulating or hilly country below 500 m altitude. The density of the wood is 650-875 kg/m3 at 15% moisture content. See also the table on wood properties.
Selected sources
102, 138, 253, 258, 514, 677, 748, 811.
Main genus page
Authors
- W.M. America (selection of species)