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5(1): Timber trees; Major commercial timbers

Pometia pinnata J.R. Forster & J.G. Forster

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

Charact. Gen. Pl.: 55, t. 55 (1775).

Supplementary to vernacular names for the genus: Indonesia: kayu sapi (Java). Malaysia: kasai daun kecil, kasai daun besar (Peninsular). Papua New Guinea: obahu. Philippines: malugai-liitan (Tagalog), tugaui (Bikol, Tagalog). Thailand: saen ta lom. Vietnam: c[aa]y tr[uw][owf]ng, tr[uw][owf]ng m[aaj]t, s[aa]ng.

From Sri Lanka and the Andaman Islands throughout South-East Asia towards Taiwan, Fiji and Samoa.

The timber is used as kasai; the wood is also used for charcoal production. The tree is sometimes cultivated for its fruits which can have a thick and sweet-tasting arillode. The seeds are also edible. The leaves and bark are used medicinally.

A medium-sized to fairly large tree up to 40(—47) m tall, with bole up to 100(—140) cm in diameter; leaves with 3—13 pairs of leaflets having dentate margins, and alternate secondary veins ending in a tooth; inflorescence and calyx often hairy. Pometia pinnata occurs in primary and secondary forests up to 500(—1700) m altitude. For more information see genus treatment and the table on wood properties.

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N.R. de Graaf, J.W. Hildebrand

De Graaf, N.R., Hildebrand, J.W., 1993. Pometia pinnata J.R. Forster & J.G. Forster. 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