Gonocaryum calleryanum
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Description
Treelet or slender tree, 5-12-(20) m, trunk rarely up to 25 cm Ø, with greyish bark.
Branchlets slender, glabrous.
Leaves elliptic to elliptic-ovate, apex obtusely apiculate, often plicate, base broadly cuneate to rounded, coriaceous, glabrous, shining above, paler and rather dull beneath in dry specimens, (7-)10-18 by (4-)5-8(-10) cm, midrib very slightly grooved above, strongly raised beneath, nerves 4-5(-6) rather steeply curved-ascending pairs, the lower 2(-3) ones closer together than the upper ones and often ± bending down-wards to the petiole in a narrow angle, a little prominent above, more distinctly so beneath, reticulation of veins and yeinlets rather dense and markedly raised on both faces especially above;
Petals (4-)5 mm, whitish, or light green, united to a tube for ¾ their length, lobes suberect.
Ovary ovoid-subconical, densely short-hairy, on a thick glabrous cushion-like disk;
Seed white, hard.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Maluku (Maluku present); Philippines (Philippines present), Babyuan & Alabat Is present, Batjan present, Botel Tobago I present, Gorontalo present, Halmahera present, Lan Yü present, Luzon present, Morotai present, N. Celebes present, S. Formosa present, SW. Borneo present, Samar present, Sampit region present
S. Formosa (incl. also Lan Yu = Botel Tobago I.); in Malesia: Philippines (Babyuan & Alabat Is., Luzon, and Samar), Moluccas (Morotai, Halmahera, Batjan), N. Celebes (Gorontalo), and SW. Borneo (Sampit region).
Uses
The plant is said to be used as a cure for stomach troubles in the Philippines. Wood durable for interior work.
Citation
ITO 1927: Ill. Formos. Pl. t. 12
KAO 1955 – In: Quart. J. Taiwan Mus. p 345
VALET. 1886: Crit. Overz. Olacin. p 245
Liu, SASAKI & KENG 1955 – In: Quart. J. Taiwan Mus. p 305
HATUS. 1966 – In: Mem. Fac. Agr. Kagosh. Un. p 38
Merr. 1923 – In: En. Philip. p 491
BECC. 1877 – In: Malesia. p 123
DAHL 1952: p. 265. – In: J. Arn. Arb. f. 46 & 46 A
SLEUM. 1969 – In: Blumea. p 215
VALET. 1886: Crit. Overz. Olacin. p 247
BROWN 1921 – In: Min. Prod. Philip. For. p 203
VIDAL 1886: Rev. Pl. Vasc. Philip. p 86
BROWN 1950: Useful Pl. Philip. p 356
KRAEMER 1951: Tr. W. Pacif. Region: 208. f. 74
SCHEFF. 1905 – In: Bull. Inst. Bot. Btzg. p 51
Merr. 1906 – In: Philip. J. Sc. Suppl. 86
KANEH. 1917: Formos. Tr. p 119
CERON 1892: Cat. Pl. Herb. Manila. p 46
SASAKI 1930: Cat. Gov. Herb. Formosa. p 324
LI 1953 – In: Pac. Sci. p 184
Merr. 1908 – In: Philip. J. Sc. Bot. 243, 418
HAYATA 1936: Formos. Tr: 400. f. 359
HOCHR. 1904: Pl. Bog. Exs: 44. n. 91