Dacryodes patentinervia
| Dacryodes patentinervia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Burseraceae |
| Genus: | Dacryodes |
| Species: | D. patentinervia
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| Binomial name | |
| Dacryodes patentinervia (Leenh.) P.S.Ashton
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Dacryodes patentinervia is a tree in the family Burseraceae. It is endemic to Borneo, whereby it is known locally as sabal, sibut or seladah.
Names
[edit]The species was mistakenly identified as Dacryodes expansa.[3] It was also formerly classified as a subspecies of Dacryodes macrocarpa.[3]
It is known as sabal in Brunei and by the Iban people, sibut by the Tutong and Dusun people in Brunei, and seladah in Sarawak.[4]
Description
[edit]Dacryodes patentinervia grows to 35 metres (115 ft) tall and 80 centimetres (31 in) in diameter.[5] The buttresses are narrow and the bark is thin, flaky and pale yellow-brown in colour.[5] The male flower is trimerous.[5] The fruit is ellipsoid, grows up to 5 by 3 centimetres (2.0 in × 1.2 in), and is apple red in colour.[5]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]Dacryodes patentinervia is endemic to northwest Borneo, from the Rejang valley in Sarawak to as far as Bukit Hampuan in Sabah.[5] It grows most abundantly in mixed dipterocarp forest.[5] It can be found from sea level up to 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) elevation.[5]
Uses
[edit]The fruit is used as a laxative.[3]
References
[edit]Footnotes
[edit]- ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (2021). "Dacryodes patentinervia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T136620421A136620434. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T136620421A136620434.en. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
- ^ "Dacryodes patentinervia (Leenh.) P.S.Ashton | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
- ^ a b c Ashton 2002, p. 212.
- ^ Ashton 2002, pp. 211–212.
- ^ a b c d e f g Ashton 2002, p. 211.
Bibliography
[edit]- Ashton, P.S. (2002). "Taxonomic Notes on the Tree Flora of Brunei: 1" (PDF). Gardens' Bulletin Singapore (57): 207–216. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
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