Sindora echinocalyx (PROSEA)
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Sindora echinocalyx (Bentham) Prain
- Protologue: King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 66: 204 (1897).
Synonyms
- Sindora wallichii auct. non Graham ex Bentham.
Vernacular names
- Malaysia: sepetir daun nipis (Peninsular)
- Thailand: ka-te, khanang, makha (peninsular).
Distribution
Peninsular Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia and the Riau Archipelago.
Uses
The timber is used as sepetir, mainly for indoor construction.
Observations
- A medium-sized tree.
- Leaves with 6-8 leaflets, leaflets 5-7.5 cm × 2.5-3 cm, firmly leathery and puberulous beneath.
- Flowers with 5-7.5 mm long puberulous calyx lobes slightly spiny towards apex.
- Pod circular to ovate, up to 6.5 cm long, with many stout, hard spines.
S. echinocalyx is closely related to S. wallichii but differs in its leaflets which are distinctly reticulately veined above, its more slender inflorescence axis and its spiny ovary. It occurs particularly on hillsides and ridges up to 800 m altitude, and is locally common. The density of the timber is 620-775 kg/m3 at 15% moisture content.
Selected sources
186, 190, 325, 514, 626, 779.
Main genus page
Authors
- M.S.M. Sosef (selection of species)