Neobalanocarpus heimii

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Description

Very large flaky barked buttressed tree. Twigs, midrib above, petioles and sepals outside caducous puberulent, leaf buds and panicles persistently so, parts of petals exposed in bud densely buff pubescent. Leaves 7-17 by 2.3-5 cm, lanceolate-falcate, coriaceous; Panicle to 9 cm long, terminal or axillary, singly branched;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Malaya present, Pattani present, Peninsular Thailand present

Peninsular Thailand (Pattani) and in Malesia: Malaya.

Uses

The heavy durable timber used to be the best known in Malaya and the 'standard by which other timbers are judged' (Symington). Now largely replaced owing to the introduction of modern preservative techniques.

Notes

The young leaves are bronze. Abnormal meiosis was observed by Jong & Lethbridge ().

Citation

King 1943: p. 147. – In: Mal. For. Rec.: f. 80-82

Heyne 1927: Nutt. Pl., ed. 2: 1128

Burk. 1920 – In: J. Str. Br. R. As. Soc.: 3

King 1927 – In: Mal. For. Rec.: 53

King 1927 – In: J. Mal. Br. R. As. Soc.: 399

King 1923 – In: J. Mal. Br. R. As. Soc.: 218

Corner 1940: Ways. Trees: 210

King 1911: Trees and Timbers: 3: fig.

King 1930 – In: Mal. For. Rec.: 10

Sym. 1934 – In: Gard. Bull. S. S.: 27

Ridl. 1922 – In: Fl. Mal. Pen.: 247

Foxw. 1921 – In: Mal. For. Rec.: 64

King 1935: Dict.: 204

Strugnell 1931 – In: J. Mal. Br. R. As. Soc.: 24

Burn-Murdoch 1908 – In: Agr. Bull. Str. & F.M.S.: 386

Brandis 1895 – In: J. Linn. Soc. Bot.: 110

Smitinand 1980 – In: Thai For. Bull. (Bot.): 23

King 1932 – In: Mal. For. Rec.: 149