Gluta renghas
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Description
Large tree up to 50 m high and 115 cm ø, sometimes buttressed when old.
Bark light fawn brown, or greyish when old, dippled scaly with small flakes.
Leaves coriaceous, elliptic-oblong or narrowly elliptic, or oblanceolate, 12-28(-36) by 4-7½(-9) cm, glabrous;
Petals white, contorted, elliptic-lanceolate, oblanceolate, or linear, 7½-13 by 2-3 mm, glabrous outside, papillose inside;
Stamens 5, 4-5½ mm;
Panicles 6-25 cm long, glabrous, sometimes sparsely puberulous and glabrescent;
Ovary subglobose, 1-1½ mm ø, glabrous;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; Jawa (Jawa present); Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Maluku (Maluku present); Sulawesi (Sulawesi present); Sumatera (Sumatera present), E. Ceram present
Malesia: widely distributed in Sumatra, Malay Peninsula, Java, Borneo, and Celebes; once found in E. Ceram (Moluccas).
Uses
The timber is very strong, durable, reddish brown, and with splendid markings. It has been used for building material of houses and canoes and for making handsome furniture. See HEYNE, l.c.
CORNER l.e. remarked, however, that the heart-wood is not red-brown as in the other Gluta spp., but pale pinkish.
The seed can be eaten after roasting (BURKILL).
CORNER l.e. remarked, however, that the heart-wood is not red-brown as in the other Gluta spp., but pale pinkish.
The seed can be eaten after roasting (BURKILL).
Notes
RUMPHIUS (l.e.) introduced plants of this species into Ambon. So far, I saw from the Moluccas only one sterile specimen (bb 25866, BO, a tree 37 m high and 45 cm Ø) collected in primary forest, E. Ceram. It was indicated on the field label as not planted. Fertile material from this area is desirable.
There are several big trees of this species cultivated in the low ground in front of the Library, University of Singapore. These may have been raised from seeds brought by RIDLEY from Pahang in 1890 (BURKILL, l.e.).
There are several big trees of this species cultivated in the low ground in front of the Library, University of Singapore. These may have been raised from seeds brought by RIDLEY from Pahang in 1890 (BURKILL, l.e.).
Citation
Ridl. 1922 – In: Fl. Mal. Pen.: 527
ENDERT 1927: p. 224. – In: M. O. Born. Exp.: f. 84
LINNÉ 1911: Schoolfl.: 280
Merr. 1921: En. Born.: 346
LINNÉ 1850: p. 182. – In: Mus. Bot.: f. 39
King 1896 – In: J. As. Soc. Beng.: 480
K. & V. 1896 – In: Bijdr.: 94
BACK. & BAKH.F. 1965 – In: Fl. Java: 150
BACK. 1907: Fl. Bat.: 367
BURK. 1931 – In: Gard. Bull. S. S.: 224
HEYNE 1927: Nutt. Pl.: 972
LINNÉ 1935: Dict.: 1079
Bl. 1826: Bijdr.: 1159
KOCHUM. 1964 – In: Mal. For. Rec.: 264
Corner 1940: Ways. Trees: 118: f. 26
ADELB. 1948 – In: Blumea: 325
Engl. 1883: p. 225. – In: DC., Mon. Phan. 4: t. 6, f. 1-6