Name
Classifications and Characteristics
| Plant Division | Angiosperms (Flowering Seed Plants) |
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| Plant Growth Form | Tree |
| Maximum Height | 15 m |
Biogeography
| Native Distribution | Peninsular Thailand, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore |
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| Native Habitat | Terrestrial |
| Preferred Climate Zone | Tropical |
| Local Conservation Status | Native to Singapore (Endangered (EN)) |
Description and Ethnobotany
| Growth Form | It is a tree 5–15 m tall, with no buttress roots, and often with stilt roots. |
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| Foliage | Its spirally arranged, stalked leaves have papery or leathery leaf blades that are oblong to lance-shaped, with a pointed tip, greenish-brown above, greyish-brown and densely covered with hair below, becoming hairless with age, midrib raised above, and have about 12–25 pairs of lateral veins. |
| Flowers | Its flowers are creamy or pinkish inside, covered with woolly or mealy rusty hair 0.3–0.5 mm long, and are arranged at the leaf axils in short, densely crowded, simple or 2–3-branched flowering clusters up to 15 mm long, 5–25-flowered in male clusters, and 1–10-flowered in female clusters. |
| Fruit | Its fruit is ellipsoid, covered with 0.3–0.5 mm long, rusty or red hair that is easily rubbed off, often ridged, with a dry fruit wall 2–3 mm thick, and arranged in clusters of 1–4 fruits. Its seeds are ellipsoid, not variegated, and covered with an aril. |
| Habitat | It grows in mixed lowland forests, and peat forests, up to 1000 m altitude. |
| Associated Fauna | Its flowers are insect-pollinated. |
| Ethnobotanical Uses | Others: It is a source of timber for building houses. |
Landscaping Features
| Landscaping | It may be suitable for parks. |
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| Landscape Uses | Roadside Tree / Palm |
Fauna, Pollination and Dispersal
| Pollination Method(s) | Biotic (Fauna) |
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Plant Care and Propagation
| Light Preference | Semi-Shade |
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| Water Preference | Moderate Water |
| Propagation Method | Seed |
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Others
| Master ID | 33723 |
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| Species ID | 8137 |
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