Dacryodes patentinervia

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Dacryodes patentinervia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Burseraceae
Genus: Dacryodes
Species:
D. patentinervia
Binomial name
Dacryodes patentinervia
(Leenh.) P.S.Ashton
Synonyms [2]
  • Dacryodes macrocarpa var. patentinervia Leenh.

Dacryodes patentinervia is a tree in the family Burseraceae. It is endemic to Borneo, whereby it is known locally as sabal, sibut or seladah.

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Names

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

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

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

The fruit is used as a laxative. [3]

References

Footnotes

  1. 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.
  2. "Dacryodes patentinervia (Leenh.) P.S.Ashton | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families . Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 Ashton 2002, p. 212.
  4. Ashton 2002, pp. 211–212.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Ashton 2002, p. 211.

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