Buchanania macrocarpa
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Description
Tree 6-37 m high and 8-87 cm Ø, occasionally buttressed.
Leaves obovate-oblong or oblanceolate, (12-)26-45 by (4¼-)9-16¼ cm, sparsely to densely hairy beneath, sometimes on both surfaces, glabrescent;
Flowers creamish or white, sessile, articulated at the base.
Petals ovate-oblong, 2-2½ by 1-1½ mm.
Stamens 1½-1¼ mm;
Panicles 8½-25 cm long, hairy, glabrescent;
Distribution
Aru present, Asia-Tropical: Maluku (Maluku present); New Guinea present, Biak present, Ceram present, Misool present, New Britain present, Normanby present, Numfoor present, Rossel present, Salawati present, Solomons present
Malesia: Moluccas (Ceram) and New Guinea (scattered; including adjacent islands: Normanby, New Britain, Numfoor, Salawati, Misool, Biak, Aru, and Rossel) &Solomons.
Uses
Similar to those mentioned under B. arborescens; sometimes used also for canoes in Sepik and Gulf Distr., Papua New Guinea, but reported to be durable only for a short time (cf. ROYEN, l.c.).
Citation
KANEH. & HATUS. 1938 – In: Bot. Mag. Tokyo: 413
ROYEN 1964: p. 13. – In: Man. For. Trees Papua & N. G.: f. 3
LAUT. 1920 – In: Bot. Jahrb.: 349
MERR. & PERRY 1941 – In: J. Arn. Arb.: 530
VERSTEEGH 1971 – In: Med. Landb. Hogesch. Wageningen: 22
MERR. & PERRY 1941 – In: J. Arn. Arb.: 529
ROYEN 1964: p. 14. – In: Man. For. Trees Papua & N. G.: f. 4