Terminalia pellucida (PROSEA)
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Terminalia pellucida Presl
- Protologue: Abh. Kön. Böhm. Ges. Wiss. V, 6: 574 (1851).
Synonyms
Terminalia iwahigensis Elmer (1913).
Vernacular names
- Philippines: dalinsi (Tagalog), aritongtong (Iloko), upung-upung (Samar-Leyte Bisaya).
Distribution
The Philippines, including Palawan and the Sulu Archipelago.
Uses
The wood is used.
Observations
A medium-sized tree; leaves obovate or obovate-spatulate to narrowly obovate, 5-12 cm × 2.5-6.5 cm, cuneate at base, glabrous or appressed pubescent on the midrib below, with 8-10 pairs of secondary veins, petiole 0.5-2 cm long; flowers in an axillary spike 5-8 cm long, calyx tube glabrous; fruit ellipsoid, 2.2-4.5 cm × 1.2-2 cm, glabrous, not winged. T. pellucida is found in forest at low altitude. The pale brown to dark reddish-brown wood is reported to be heavier, harder and finer-textured than that of T. microcarpa .
Selected sources
162, 384, 414, 527.