Pouteria malaccensis (PROSEA)
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Pouteria malaccensis (C.B. Clarke) Baehni
- Protologue: Candollea 9: 203 (1942).
Synonyms
- Sideroxylon malaccense C.B. Clarke (1882),
- Lucuma malaccensis (C.B. Clarke) Dubard (1912),
- Xantolis malaccensis (C.B. Clarke) Baehni (1965).
Vernacular names
- Malaysia: nyatoh nangka kuning, nangka-nangka (Peninsular).
Distribution
Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, the Riau Archipelago, Lingga, Sulawesi and Irian Jaya.
Uses
The timber is used as nyatoh.
Observations
- A medium-sized to fairly large tree up to 40 m tall, with bole up to 90 cm in diameter, buttressed.
- Leaves evenly distributed or loosely clustered, usually broadly obovate, with distinct transverse tertiary venation, initially densely hairy beneath, but glabrescent.
- Flowers in 6-22-flowered clusters in axils of leaves, borne on stout 2-4 mm long pedicels, white to pale yellow or whitish-green.
- Fruit subglobose, 2-4 cm long, rusty scurfy but becoming glabrous, yellowish-green or brownish.
P. malaccensis is a fairly common species, but occurs scattered in lowland primary forest, rarely up to 1300 m altitude. It is found in seasonal swamps as well as on ridges. In Peninsular Malaysia it is probably one of the major nyatoh-producing trees. The wood is creamy white or pale yellow and heavy for nyatoh, with a density of 790-870 kg/m3 at 15% moisture content. It has been found very suitable for plywood.
Selected sources
36, 102, 190, 317, 318, 491, 581, 779.
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Authors
- R.H.M.J. Lemmens (selection of species)