Calophyllum soulattri Burm.f.
Family
Guttiferae
Synonyms
Calophyllum lancifolium Elmer, Calophyllum zschokkei Elmer, Calophyllum solomonense A.C. Smith, Calophyllum spectabile auct. non Willd.
Vernacular Names
| Malaysia | Bintangor labu, bintangor lanchar, mintak (Peninsular). |
| Indonesia | Sulatri (Sundanese, Java), slatri (Javanese, Java), malang-malang (Bangka). |
| Philippines | Bitanghol-sibat (general), pamintaogon (Samar-Leyte Bisaya), gigabi (Panay Bisaya). |
| Thailand | Tanghon baiyai (Surat Thani). |
| Vietnam | C[oof]ng tr[aws]ng. |
Geographical Distributions
Calophyllum soulattri is distributed in Vietnam, Cambodia, the Andaman Islands, Thailand, throughout Malesia towards the Solomon Islands and northern Australia.
Description
Calophyllum soulattri is a small to medium-sized tree that can reach up to 30 m tall while its bole measures up to 70 cm in diametre. It is rarely buttressed while spurs or sometimes knee roots are present. The twigs are 4-20 mm long and usually 4-angled while the conical bud is terminal.
The leaves are ovate to elliptical or suboblong, measuring (3.5-)6.5-29(-36) cm long, usually wedge-shaped at the base, acute or acuminate at apex and with (6-)12-18(-21) veins per 5 mm.
The inflorescences are axillary, usually fan-shaped, branched and (3-)7-21-flowered. The flowers are with 4 purplish-black tepals.
The fruit is spherical, measures 9-16(-22) mm long, and with fairly thick and compact outer layer.
Ecology / Cultivation
Calophyllum soulattri is widespread, but in many places is a rather uncommon tree of fairly small dimensions, growing in lowland or lower montane rainforests or sometimes in swamp forests, up to 1700 m altitude. The wood has a density of 400-700 kg/m3 at 15% moisture content and is not very durable.
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References
- Plant Resources of South-East Asia No. 5(1): Timber trees: Major commercial timbers.
