| Chisocheton tomentosus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Meliaceae |
| Genus: | Chisocheton |
| Species: | C. tomentosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Chisocheton tomentosus | |
Chisocheton tomentosum is a rainforest tree of the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra belonging to the family Meliaceae. [1] [2] It grows in lowland and hill dipterocarp forests. [1]
Chisocheton tomentosum is a rarely branching, pachycaulous tree up to seventy feet (twenty-one metres) in height, but rarely exceeding twenty centimetres (eight inches) in diameter at breast height (DBH). It has a symbiotic relationship with certain unspecified species of ants (myrmecophily). The once-pinnate, indeterminate leaf blades (laminae) are up to 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) in length in rosettes at the top of the trunk and the few vertical branches (reiterations), with additionally a stalk (petiole) of twenty centimetres (eight inches). There are separate male and female trees (dioecious). [2]
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