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Afzelia rhomboidea (Blanco) S. Vidal

This article should be read together with the article on the genus: Afzelia in the Handbook volume indicated above in this database.

Cat. Pl. Prov. Manila: 28 (1880).

Intsia rhomboidea (Blanco) O. Kuntze (1891), Pahudia rhomboidea (Blanco) Prain (1901).

Indonesia: kupang, tanduk tarum (Sumatra). Philippines: tindalo (Tagalog), balayong (central).

Eastern Sumatra, northern half of Borneo and the Philippines.

The timber is used for various purposes and is especially in demand for high grade furniture and cabinet work.

A small to medium-sized tree of up to 30 m tall, bole branchless for up to 15 m and up to 80(-180) cm in diameter, buttresses absent; leaves with 4-5 pairs of leaflets (sometimes 3 on flowering branches), leaflets 7-8 cm 4-4.5 cm, acute to acuminate at apex, usually glabrous except for the hirsute midrib on the lower surface; fertile stamens 4 cm long, style 3.5-5.0 cm long; mature pod somewhat rhomboid, 9-20 cm 7-10 cm. Afzelia rhomboidea occurs scattered on low hills and ridges, or on sites at low and medium altitudes temporarily inundated with fresh water. See also the table on wood properties.

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M.S.M. Sosef

Sosef, M.S.M., 1993. Afzelia rhomboidea (Blanco) S. Vidal. In: Soerianegara, I. and Lemmens, R.H.M.J. (Editors): Plant Resources of South-East Asia No 5(1): Timber trees; Major commercial timbers. PROSEA Foundation, Bogor, Indonesia. Database record: prota4u.org/prosea