Pentaspadon motleyi Hook.f.
Family
Anacardiaceae
Synonyms
Pentaspadon officinalis Holmes ex King, Pentaspadon moszkowskii Laut., Pentaspadon minutiflora B.L. Burtt.
Vernacular Names
| Malaysia |
White pelong tree, pelong licin (Peninsular), empelanjau (Dayak, Sabah). |
| Indonesia | Plajau (Sumatra), kedondong (Dayak, Kalimantan), pilajau (Malay, Kalimantan). |
Geographical Distributions
Pentaspadon motleyi is found in Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, the Moluccas, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
Description
Pentaspadon motleyi is a large tree which can reach up to 50 m tall. The bole is branchless for up to 20 m, measuring up to 70 cm in diametre and with buttresses up to 5 m high. The surface of the bark is dippled to scaly, with lenticels, brown to grey-brown or grey-white and pink in the inner bark.
The leaflets are hairless below.
The rachis of inflorescence is flattened in the lower half. The flowers are white.
The fruit is 3-5 cm long and ovoid to ovoid-oblong.
Ecology / Cultivation
Pentaspadon motleyi is found up to 75(-300) m altitude and occurs scattered along rivers, in mixed swamp forests, in periodically inundated sites, but not in peat. The density of the wood is 480-800 kg/m3 at 15% moisture content.
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References
- Plant Resources of South-East Asia No. 5(2): Timber trees: Minor commercial timbers.
