Beilschmiedia lucidula (Miq.)
Kosterm., Reinwardtia 8 (1970)
Latin for 'shiny'.
Synonyms
Beilschmiedia leytensis Merr.
Beilschmiedia nervosa (Elmer) Merr.
Beilschmiedia praecox Koord. & Valet.
Cryptocarya lucidula Miq.
Endiandra sumatrana Miq.
Pygeum nervosum Koehne
Description
Sub-canopy tree up to 25 m tall and 33 cm dbh. Stipules absent. Leaves
alternate, simple, penni-veined, glabrous to slightly hairy, tertiary venation
finely reticulate. Flowers not seen, placed in cymes. Fruits ca. 20 mm long,
probably blue-purple, fleshy drupes.
Ecology
In undisturbed mixed dipterocarp forests up to 600 m altitude. On alluvial
sites as well as hillsides and ridges. In secondary forests usually present as a
pre-disturbance remnant tree.
Distribution
Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo (Sarawak, Sabah, West-, Central-
and East-Kalimantan), Philippines.
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