Semecarpus forstenii

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Semecarpus forstenii

Description

Tree 8-40 m high and 10-53 cm Ø. Bark greyish, greenish brown, or reddish brown, smooth. Leaves spaced, spiral, chartaceous to subcoriaceous, elliptic-oblong to -lanceolate, sometimes obovate-oblong, (7-)14-37 by (3½-)5½-13½ cm; Petals white, imbricate, ovate-oblong or slightly elliptic, 2-2½ by 1-1½ mm, puberulous outside, with c. 7 longitudinal veins. Stamens 2½ mm; Panicles terminal, rarely also axillary, (4½-)9-30cm long, pubescent; Ovary subglobose, 1¾ mm Ø, velutinous;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Bismarck Archipelago (Bismarck Archipelago present); Borneo present; Maluku (Maluku present); New Guinea present; Philippines (Philippines present); Sulawesi (Sulawesi present), Solomon Is present
Solomon Is. (throughout but scattered); Malesia: Borneo, Philippines, Celebes, Moluccas, New Guinea, and Bismarck Archipelago. .

Uses

HEYNE l.c. recorded the wood useful for prahus in the Moluccas.

Citation

LAUT. 1920 – In: Bot. Jahrb.: 370
Merr. 1917: Int. Rumph.: 334
LAUT. 1911 – In: Bot. Jahrb.: 361
Miq. 1859 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 626
HEYNE 1927: Nutt. Pl.: 891
KRAEMER 1951: Trees W. Pac. Reg: 204: f. 72
Miq. 1859 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 627
Engl. 1883 – In: DC., Mon. Phan. 4: 485
Engl. 1883 – In: DC., Mon. Phan. 4: 485
Engl. 1883 – In: DC., Mon. Phan. 4: 486
KANEH. & HATUS. 1942 – In: Bot. Mag. Tokyo: 169
KANEH. & HATUS. 1942 – In: Bot. Mag. Tokyo: 170
DE WIT 1959 – In: Rumph.: 405
K.SCH. 1920 – In: Bot. Jahrb.: 372
K.SCH. 1912 – In: Nova Guinea: 830
Miq. 1859 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 629