Gluta wrayi

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Gluta wrayi

Description

Tree up to 30 m high and 85 cm ø, occasionally with steep plank buttresses up to 3 m high. Bark brown, green- or orange-brown, rugose or shallowly dippled. Leaves subcoriaceous, elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, rarely oblanceolate, (6-) 10-26 by (l¾-)3½-9 cm, glabrous; Petals white, 5 (or 6), imbricate, narrowly oblanceolate, 10-13 by 2½ mm, puberulous outside, papillose on the inside; Stamens 5 (or 6), 7 mm; Panicles up to 8 cm long, puberulous; Ovary broadly obovoid, 2 mm long, densely puberulous;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present), Dindings present, Kelantan present, Penang present, Peninsular Thailand present, Perak present, S. Vietnam present, Selangor present, Trengganu present
Peninsular Thailand, S. Vietnam, and Malesia: Malay Peninsula (Perak, Dindings, Kelantan, Trengganu, Selangor, Penang).

Uses

The timber is beautiful deep red with black concentric bands sometimes called Straits mahogani (Burkill, l.c.).

Citation

Ridl. 1907 – In: J. Str. Br. R. As. Soc.: 16
TARD. 1962: p. 122. – In: Fl. C. L. & V.: t. 5, f. 1
King 1922 – In: Fl. Mal. Pen.: 528
Ridl. 1922 – In: Fl. Mal. Pen.: 528
King 1935: Dict.: 1080
BURK. 1931 – In: Gard. Bull. S. S.: 226
KOCHUM. 1964 – In: Mal. For. Rec.: 264