Cotylelobium melanoxylon

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Cotylelobium melanoxylon

Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Dipterocarpaceae
Genus:	Cotylelobium
Species:	C. melanoxylon

Binomial name

Cotylelobium melanoxylon
(Hook.f.) Pierre ex F.Heim

Synonyms

Anisoptera melanoxylon Hook.f.
Cotylelobium beccarianum F.Heim
Cotylelobium beccarii Pierre
Cotylelobium harmandii (F.Heim) F.Heim
Cotylelobium leucocarpum Slooten
Sunaptea melanoxylon (Hook.f.) Kosterm.
Vatica beccariana F.Heim
Vatica harmandii F.Heim
Vatica leucocarpa Foxw. ex L.G.Berger & Endert
Vatica melanoxylon (Hook.f.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Miq.
Vatica melanoxylon (Hook.f.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Miq. var. recta F.Heim

Cotylelobium melanoxylon is a tropical rainforest tree found on the Malay peninsula as well as in the Malay archipelago. The name melanoxylon is derived from Greek (melanos = black and xylon = wood) and describes the dark heartwood. It is a very good quality timber, as it has very hard and heavy as well as durable wood. C. melanoxylon is a tall emergent tree, up to 60 m, found in mixed dipterocarp forest on yellow sandy soils (Ashton 2004). It also occurs as a smaller canopy tree in kerangas forest on podsols. The tree occurs in at least three protected areas (Lambir National Park, Gunung Mulu National Park and Kabilli-Sepilok Forest Reserve). Local names of the tree include Resak tembaga in Malay and Khiam (เคี่ยม) in Thai. The tree is the provincial symbol tree of Surat Thani Province, Thailand.

[edit] References

Ashton (1998). Cotylelobium melanoxylon. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Listed as Endangered (EN A1cd+2cd v2.3)
Ashton, P.S. Dipterocarpaceae. In Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak, Volume 5, 2004. Soepadmo, E., Saw, L.G. and Chung, R.C.K. eds. Government of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ISBN 983-2181-59-3