Swintonia minutalata (PROSEA)
Introduction |
Swintonia minutalata Ding Hou
- Protologue: Blumea 24: 38 (1978).
Vernacular names
- Indonesia: njala (East Kalimantan)
- Malaysia: petoh, rengas (Iban, Sarawak).
Distribution
Borneo (Sarawak, Kalimantan).
Uses
The wood is reputed to be used as merpauh.
Observations
A small to medium-sized tree up to 25 m tall, bole up to 50 cm in diameter, buttresses up to 1 m high, bark surface smooth, shedding in small flakes, pale red, inner bark pale reddish-brown; leaves elliptical, 11.5-22.5 cm × 3-6.5 cm, glabrous, papillae distinct on the lower surface, petiole 3.5-6.5 cm long, often terete in its basal half and flat above in the upper half; calyx divided almost to the base, petals 1.5-2.5 mm long, sparsely puberulous but glabrescent on both surfaces; drupe globose, about 15 mm in diameter, enlarged petals 7.5-12.5 mm long. S. minutalata occurs in primary lowland forest and on ridges, occasionally abundant on deep heavy loams in mixed dipterocarp forest.
Selected sources
162, 576.