Santiria mollis (PROSEA)
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Introduction |
Santiria mollis Engl.
- Protologue: A.DC., Monogr. phan. 4: 156, t. 3, fig. 37-38 (1883).
Synonyms
Canarium hirtipetalum Ridley (1930).
Vernacular names
- Indonesia: kumbajau burung (south-eastern Kalimantan).
Distribution
Borneo.
Uses
The wood is reputed to be used as kedondong.
Observations
A medium-sized to fairly large tree up to 40 m tall, bole up to 70 cm in diameter, buttressed, bark surface scaly, lenticellate, yellowish-brown; leaves with 5-9(-11) leaflets, petiole not or hardly flattened at base, leaflets ovate to oblong, 5.5-14.5 cm × 3-4.5 cm, usually tomentose below, secondary veins 9-15 pairs without transverse veins, reticulations prominent below; flowers 3-4 mm long, stamens 6; fruit 15-18 mm × 12-14 mm, stigma 90or more excentric. S. mollis occurs infrequently in primary forest, up to 250 m altitude.
Selected sources
99, 162, 277.