Pouteria obovoidea (PROSEA)
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Pouteria obovoidea (H.J. Lam) Baehni
- Protologue: Candollea 9: 412 (1942).
Synonyms
- Planchonella obovoidea H.J. Lam (1925).
Vernacular names
- Indonesia: baineob, waineo (Timor), laro (Morotai).
Distribution
Eastern Malesia, from Sulawesi and Timor to Papua New Guinea; also in the Riau Archipelago, the Solomon Islands, north-eastern Australia and Fiji.
Uses
The timber is used as nyatoh.
Observations
- A medium-sized to fairly large tree up to 35 m tall.
- Leaves evenly distributed, ovate, obovate to elliptical, with distinct, laxly reticulate tertiary venation, hairy beneath.
- Flowers in few-flowered clusters, borne on 2-6 mm long pedicels, white or yellowish.
- Fruit obovoid, 1.8-3 cm long, glabrous and red to almost black.
P.obovoidea is closely related to P. obovata, but differs particularly in the circularly broadened stigma in fruit. It is usually found in the lowland, in primary and secondary forest, but in New Guinea up to 2000 m altitude.
Selected sources
36, 732.
Main genus page
Authors
- R.H.M.J. Lemmens (selection of species)