Homalium brevidens

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Homalium brevidens
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Salicaceae
Genus: Homalium
Species:
H. brevidens
Binomial name
Homalium brevidens
Gagnep., Notul. Syst. (Paris) 3: 247 (1916) [1] [2]

Homalium brevidens is a shrub or tree species in the family Salicaceae, found in Laos and Cambodia. [3]

It grows 2-6m tall, with simple broad leaves, and is found in flooded forests in Cambodia. [4] [5] These forests, also known as swamp forests, is a community where the trees are usually 7-15(-20)m tall, that occurs along the shores of the lake Tonle Sap and nearby rivers, and is flooded to a maximum of 4-6m of water for up to 8 months per year. The 2 main species of tree in these forests are Barringtonia acutangula and Diospyros cambodiana , with H. brevidens one of the other common tree species. [6] On islands of the Mekong, in Steung Treng and Kratie provinces, north-central Cambodia, the tree occurs with medium abundance in the Riverine Strand vegetation zone (last to be flooded, first to be exposed). [7] Here it contributes to a closed canopy, growing above metamorphic sandstone bedrock at an elevation of 25-30m above sea level. On these islands it flowers from June to July, and fruits from September to October.

The plant is known as rotèang or stiëw in Khmer. [4] Wood from the shrub is used to make charcoal, its bark is used to caulk boats.

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