Parashorea stellata (PROSEA)
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Parashorea stellata Kurz
- Protologue: Journ. As. Soc. Beng. pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 39(2): 66 (1870).
Synonyms
- Shorea cinerea Fischer (1926),
- Parashorea poilanei Tardieu (1942).
Vernacular names
- Malaysia: gerutu gerutu (Peninsular), kobe (Pattani, Peninsular)
- Laos: mai hao
- Thailand: khaikhieo, pat lang khieo, takhian-samphon (Thai, peninsular)
- Vietnam: chò chai, chò lao, làng vịt.
Distribution
Southern Burma, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia.
Uses
The timber is used as gerutu.
Observations
- A medium-sized to large tree up to 45 m tall, bole tall, but frequently twisted, branchless for up to 27 m and up to 145 cm in diameter, buttresses stout, up to 185 cm high or sometimes more, bark surface dark grey with lighter patches, outer bark dark, bordered on the inner side by a black layer, inner bark dull reddish-brown, sapwood dull, yellow.
- Leaves lanceolate, 6-16 cm × 2.3-7 cm, base cuneate, more or less silvery lepidote beneath, secondary veins 8-12 pairs, petiole 10-12(-30) mm long, stipule scars short.
- Fruit calyx much longer than the nut, the lobes subequal, up to 11 cm × 1.8 cm, nut ellipsoid, up to 2 cm × 1.5 cm, glabrescent.
P. stellata occurs frequently in lowland and hill evergreen dipterocarp forest in seasonal climates, especially in valleys, up to 650 m altitude. The density of the wood is 520-930 kg/m3 at 15% moisture content. See also the table on wood properties.
Selected sources
102, 138, 189, 235, 253, 258, 318, 628, 641, 677, 738, 748.
Main genus page
Authors
- W.M. America (selection of species)