Latin for 'large or tall'.
Synonyms
Platea apoensis Elmer, Platea kinabaluensis Sleum., Platea
latifolia var. borneensis Heine, Platea microphylla Sleum.,
Platea montana Howard, Platea parviflora K. & V., Platea
philippinensis Merr., Platea riedeliana Becc.
Description
Mid-canopy tree up to 38 m tall and 91 cm dbh. Usually with stilt roots.
Stipules absent. Leaves alternate, simple, penni-veined, usually glabrous,
sometimes whitish on lower surface. Flowers ca. 1 mm diameter, white-yellowish,
placed in panicles. Fruits ca. 38 mm long, blue-purple, fleshy drupes.
Ecology
In undisturbed mixed dipterocarp, (peat-)swamp to sub-montane forests up to
1400 m altitude. Usually on periodically inundated sites and along rivers with
sandy to clay soils. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance
remnant tree.
Uses
Wood locally used for construction.
Distribution
Sumatra, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Borneo (Sarawak, Brunei, Sabah,
Central-, South- and East-Kalimantan), Philippines, Celebes, Moluccas, New
Guinea.
Local names in Borneo
Balubug, Labuk, Lalak, Mapare, Njawan.
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