Scaphium scaphigerum (PROSEA)

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Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Scaphium scaphigerum (Wallich ex G. Don) Guibourt & Planchon

Protologue: Hist. nat. drogues simples, ed. 7, 3: 632 (1876).

Synonyms

• Scaphium wallichii Schott & Endl. (1832).

Vernacular names

• Burma: shaw taun-thinbow, thibyu
• Thailand: thai phao (Nakhon Si Thammarat), thai phao khao, thai phao daeng (Trang).

Distribution

Burma, Cambodia, Thailand and northern Peninsular Malaysia.

Uses

The timber is used as kembang semangkok. The seeds are used medicinally and in beverages just like those of S. macropodum. The inner bark yields a fibre.

Observations

• A fairly large tree up to 36 m tall with deeply fluted bole up to 75 cm in diameter, having very large buttresses.
• Leaves ovate, 12-20 cm × 6-11 cm, subcordate at base, acute or acuminate at apex, with 3-7 pairs of secondary veins, glabrous, petiole up to 14 cm long.
• Fruit c. 20 cm long.
• Seed c. 25 mm long, hairy.

S. scaphigerum occurs in regions with a pronounced dry season. The density of the timber is 450-520 kg/m³ at 15% moisture content.

Selected sources

102, 155, 376, 431, 779.

Main genus page

• Scaphium

Authors

• R.H.M.J. Lemmens (selection of species)

Authors

A.J.G.H. Kostermans (general part), J.E. Polman (properties), S. Sudo (wood anatomy) & R.H.M.J. Lemmens (selection of species)