Durio kutejensis (Hassk.) Becc.
Family
Bombaceae
Synonyms
Lahia kutejensis Hassk.
Vernacular Names
| Malaysia | Durian merah (Sabah), rian isu (Iban, Sarawak). |
| Indonesia | Lai, sekawi (Dayak, Kalimantan), durian tinggang (Malay, Kalimantan). |
| Brunei | Durian kuning. |
Geographical Distributions
Durio kutejensis is distributed in Borneo (Kalimantan, Sarawak, Brunei, Sabah); often cultivated elsewhere in Malesia (e.g. Java) for the fruits or as an ornamental tree.
Description
D. kutejensis is a small to medium-sized tree that can reach up to measure 30 m tall, with branchless bole up to measure 12 m and up to measure 40 cm in diametre which is having low and rounded buttresses. The bark surface is initially smooth and hoop-marked but later rather rough and flaky. It is grey to reddish-brown in colour .
The leaves are elliptical-oblong in shape, with a size of measuring (10-)20-33 cm x (3-)6-12 cm and densely pale golden-brown scaly below.
The flowers are in irregular racemes on the older branches. The red petals are up to measure 90 mm long. The stamens are free and opened by a slit.
The fruit is an ovoid or ellipsoid in shape and measure up to 20 cm long where the outside is dirty yellow with pyramidal that often somewhat curved spines.
Ecology / Cultivation
D. kutejensis occurs wild in foothills of central Borneo; in Sarawak, it occurs locally on fertile clay-rich soils on undulating land in mixed dipterocarp forest.
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References
- Plant Resources of South-East Asia No. 5 (2): Timber trees: Minor commercial timbers.
