Vatica micrantha Sloot,
Bull. Bot. Gard. Btzg. III, 17 (1942)
Latin for 'small flowered'.
Description
Sub-canopy tree up to 28 m tall and 35 cm dbh. Stem with resin. Stipules ca.
7 mm long. Leaves alternate, simple, penni-veined, petiole and veins on lower
leaf surface hairy. Flowers ca. 13 mm in diameter, white-yellowish, placed in
panicles. Fruit ca. 6 mm long, green-brown-red, with two ca. 56 mm long wings,
wind dispersed.
Ecology
In undisturbed mixed dipterocarp or keranga forests up to 1100 m altitude.
On hillsides and ridges with sandy soils. In secondary forests usually present
as a pre-disturbance remnant tree.
Uses
The timber is used.
Distribution
Borneo (Sarawak, Brunei, Sabah, East-Kalimantan).
Local names
Borneo: Mansalangan, Rasak gunung, Resak, Resak batu, Resak bulu, Resak hijau, Resak
tandok, Tempasak.
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