Gluta curtisii

Primary tabs

Gluta curtisii

Description

Tree up to 30 m high and 80 cm ø. Bark brown, flaky. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic-oblong, rarely oblanceolate, 8-14 by 2½-4½ cm, glabrous; Petals white or pale lilac, contorted or imbricate, narrowly lanceolate, or linear, 4½-6 by 1 mm, densely puberulous outside, papillose at the central part inside. Stamens (8-) 10, 3-4 mm; Panicles 6-17 cm long, puberulous, glabrescent; Ovary subglobose, c. ½ mm ø, glabrous;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present), Kedah present, Kelantan present, Pahang present, Penang present, Perak present
Malesia: Malay Peninsula (Kedah, Perak, Kelantan, Pahang, Penang).

Uses

Timber is hard and red (BURKILL, l.c. 1437); logs are left in the forest for weathering before extraction.

Citation

Corner 1940: Ways. Trees: 120: f. 27
BURK. 1935: Dict.: 1437
Ridl. 1922 – In: Fl. Mal. Pen.: 530
King 1896 – In: J. As. Soc. Beng.: 486