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