Record Number
3330
PROSEA Handbook Number
5(1): Timber trees; Major commercial timbers
Taxon
Afzelia xylocarpa (Kurz) Craib
This article should be read together with the article on the genus: Afzelia in the Handbook volume indicated above in this database.
This article should be read together with the article on the genus: Afzelia in the Handbook volume indicated above in this database.
Protologue
Kew Bull.: 267 (1912).
Synonyms
Pahudia xylocarpa Kurz (1876), Pahudia cochinchinensis Pierre (1899), Afzelia siamica Craib (1911).
Vernacular Names
Cambodia: beng (general). Laos: tê2 kha1, kha1 (general). Thailand: makha-mong, makha-luang (general), makha-hua-kham (northern). Vietnam: c[af] te, g[ox] d[or], g[ox] t[of] te (southern).
Distribution
Burma, Cambodia, Laos, southern Vietnam and Thailand.
Uses
The timber is used for various purposes and is very valuable in the region. The bark is used for tanning hides and skins. The fatty cotyledons of young seeds are edible.
Observations
A small to medium-sized tree of up to 30 m tall, bole branchless for 6-9 m, with a diameter of over 100 cm; leaves with 3-5 pairs of leaflets, leaflets 5-9 cm 4-5 cm, rounded to emarginate at apex, glabrous; fertile stamens 7-8, 3 cm long, style 2.0-2.5 cm long; mature pod elliptical-oblong, 15-20 cm 7-9 cm. Afzelia xylocarpa occurs in mixed deciduous or dry evergreen forest on clayey or laterite soil at 100-600 m altitude.
Image
 | Afzelia xylocarpa (Kurz) Craib - 1, flowering twig; 2, flower bud; 3, flower; 4, opened fruit with seeds |
Selected Sources
[121]Chalermpongse, A., 1982. Damping-off of seedlings in forest nurseries. Technical Bulletin No 725. Royal Forest Department, Bangkok. 19 pp.
[159]Dahms, K.-G., 1982. Asiatische, Ozeanische und Australische Exporthölzer [Asiatic, Pacific and Australian export timbers]. DRW-Verlag, Stuttgart. 304 pp.
[235]Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viêtnam (various editors), 1960–. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
[421]Léonard, J.J.G., 1950. Note sur les genres paléotropicaux Afzelia, Intsia et Pahudia (Legum.-Caesalp.). Reinwardtia 1: 61–66.
[589]Royal Forest Department, 1985. The Thai hardwoods. Technical Bulletin No R. 188. 127 pp.
[590]Royal Forest Department, 1988. Forest statistics of Thailand. Bangkok. 89 pp.
[598]Santisuk, T. & Niyomdham, C., 1983. Leguminosae. In: Phengklai, C. (Editor): Thai economic trees. Part 3. ACFT Press, Bangkok. pp. 199–201.
[626]Smitinand, T. & Larsen, K. (Editors), 1970–. Flora of Thailand. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department, Bangkok.
[675]Switachart, S., 1972. A study on seed germination of makha mong (Afzelia xylocarpa) by soaking in different concentrations of sulphuric acid. Technical Bulletin No R. 138, Royal Forest Department, Thailand. pp. 5–10.
[159]Dahms, K.-G., 1982. Asiatische, Ozeanische und Australische Exporthölzer [Asiatic, Pacific and Australian export timbers]. DRW-Verlag, Stuttgart. 304 pp.
[235]Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viêtnam (various editors), 1960–. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
[421]Léonard, J.J.G., 1950. Note sur les genres paléotropicaux Afzelia, Intsia et Pahudia (Legum.-Caesalp.). Reinwardtia 1: 61–66.
[589]Royal Forest Department, 1985. The Thai hardwoods. Technical Bulletin No R. 188. 127 pp.
[590]Royal Forest Department, 1988. Forest statistics of Thailand. Bangkok. 89 pp.
[598]Santisuk, T. & Niyomdham, C., 1983. Leguminosae. In: Phengklai, C. (Editor): Thai economic trees. Part 3. ACFT Press, Bangkok. pp. 199–201.
[626]Smitinand, T. & Larsen, K. (Editors), 1970–. Flora of Thailand. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department, Bangkok.
[675]Switachart, S., 1972. A study on seed germination of makha mong (Afzelia xylocarpa) by soaking in different concentrations of sulphuric acid. Technical Bulletin No R. 138, Royal Forest Department, Thailand. pp. 5–10.
Author(s)
M.S.M. Sosef
Correct Citation of this Article
Sosef, M.S.M., 1993. Afzelia xylocarpa (Kurz) Craib. 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
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