Toona calantas
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Description
Flowering specimens are rare, but the fruits are characterized by the following fea- tures: Capsules large, (20–)28–40 mm long; columella 24–40 mm long, 7–15 mm broad; valves dark red to red-brown, smooth, 24–41 by 4–14 mm, lenticellate with numerous lenticels (0.1–1 mm diam.), which are often smaller and denser towards the base of the capsule.
Seeds (14–)20–32 by 3.2–6 mm, wings unequal with broadly ob- tuse apices; seed body 4.2–10 by 1.5–3 mm.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Borneo (Sabah present); Philippines (Philippines present), Batan Islands present, Besuki present, Cebu present, Lampong present, Leyte present, Luzon present, Madiun present, Manokwari present, Manus Island present, Mindanao present, Mindoro present, Negros present, Pahang present, Port Moresby present, Samar present, Selangor present
This is an important timber tree in the Philippines, where it is commonly known as ‘kalantas’ or ‘calantas’; it is reported to occur at low and medium altitudes in primary forests in the Batan Islands, Luzon, Mindoro, Samar, Negros, Leyte, Cebu and Mindanao..
Specimens which might also belong to this taxon occur in Sumatra (Lampong), Peninsular Malaysia (Selangor, Pahang), Borneo (Sabah), Java (Madiun, Besuki), New Guinea (Manokwari, Port Moresby, Manus Island).
Specimens which might also belong to this taxon occur in Sumatra (Lampong), Peninsular Malaysia (Selangor, Pahang), Borneo (Sabah), Java (Madiun, Besuki), New Guinea (Manokwari, Port Moresby, Manus Island).
Uses
In addition to its timber value, bark decoctions are considered to have astrin- gent and antiseptic properties, and are used to clean wounds or for gangrenous ulcers. Flower decoctions are also used as an antispasmodic .
Citation
Miq. 1859 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 549
Miq. 1868 – In: Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat.: 64
Harms 1940 – In: Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2, 19bl: 46
Merr. 1918: Sp. Blanc.: 31.
Merr. 1923 – In: Enum. Philipp. Flow. Pl.: 357
C.DC. 1878 – In: DC, Monogr. Phan. 1: 747.
Merr. 1923 – In: Enum. Philipp. Flow. Pl.: 357
Harms 1940 – In: Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2, 19bl: 46.
Guzman et al. 1986: p. 344. – In: Guide Philipp. Fl. Fauna: t. 263.
Whitford 1911 – In: For. Philipp.: 45
Elmer 1937 – In: Leafl. Philipp. Bot.: 3388