Buchanania sessifolia

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Description

Tree up to 42 m high and 80 cm Ø, sometimes buttressed. Leaves obovate-oblong, oblanceolate or spathulate, 7½-31 by 4-10½ cm, hairy beneath especially on midrib and nerves, rarely on both surfaces, usually glabrescent; Flowers white or whitish yellow. Petals elliptic, oblong, or ovate-oblong, 2-2½ by 1-1½ mm. Stamens 1½-2mm; Panicles 4½-34 cm long, hairy, sometimes glabrescent;

Distribution

Anambas present, Asia-Tropical: Borneo present (Brunei present, Sabah present, Sarawak present); Laos (Laos present); Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Sumatera (Sumatera present), Banka present, Natuna Is present, Peninsular Thailand present, SE. Borneo present, Simalur present

Peninsular Thailand, Laos, and Malesia: Sumatra (incl. Simalur&Banka), Malay Peninsula, and Borneo (Brunei, Sarawak, Sabah, SE. Borneo, and incl. Anambas&Natuna Is.).

Uses

Though not durable used for houses (). The sour fruit is eaten by the Jakuns in Malaya (BURKILL l.c.).

Citation

Hook.f. 1876 – In: Fl. Br. Ind.: 24

Miq. 1859 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 637

BACK. 1911: Schoolfl.: 277

KOCHUM. 1964 – In: Mal. For. Rec.: 213

Engl. 1883 – In: DC., Mon. Phan. 4: 191

K. & V. 1896 – In: Bijdr.: 74

King 1896 – In: J. As. Soc. Beng.: 463

BURK. 1935: Dict.: 378

BAKER 1924 – In: J. Bot.: Suppl. 30

BACK. & BAKH. f. 1965 – In: Fl. Java: 148

Bl. 1861: Sum.: 523

Ridl. 1922 – In: Fl. Mal. Pen.: 519

Merr. 1929: Pl. Elm. Born.: 166

DING HOU 1978 – In: Blumea: 5