Record Number
4229
PROSEA Handbook Number
5(2): Timber trees; Minor commercial timbers
Taxon
Durio wyatt-smithii Kosterm.
This article should be read together with the article on the genus: Durio in the Handbook volume indicated above in this database.
This article should be read together with the article on the genus: Durio in the Handbook volume indicated above in this database.
Protologue
Commun. For. Res. Inst. Bogor 62: 17, fig. 6, 7 (1958).
Vernacular Names
Malaysia: durian ijau laut, durian burung (Peninsular).
Distribution
Peninsular Malaysia; possibly also Borneo (Sarawak, Brunei).
Uses
The wood is reputed to be used as durian.
Observations
A medium-sized to fairly large tree up to 40 m tall, with bole up to 90 cm in diameter having large, spreading buttresses up to 4 m high, bark surface cracking and scaly, chocolate-brown; leaves oblong to elliptical, 10—19 cm 4—7 cm, densely appressed glaucous scaly below; flowers in few-branched inflorescence on older branches and trunk, petals c. 40 mm long, greenish-white or creamy white, stamens in 5 free bundles, opening by a slit; fruit subglobose, up to 12 cm in diameter, outside with rather slender spines having a broad base. Durio wyatt-smithii is closely related to Durio zibethinus but differs in the shorter calyx and more slender fruit spines. It is locally very common. The density of the wood is about 635 kg/m3 at 15% moisture content.
Selected Sources
[77]Burgess, P.F., 1966. Timbers of Sabah. Sabah Forest Records No 6. Forest Department, Sabah, Sandakan. xviii + 501 pp.
[104]Corner, E.J.H., 1988. Wayside trees of Malaya. 3rd edition. 2 volumes. The Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur. 774 pp.
[312]Kostermans, A.J.G.H., 1958. The genus Durio Adans. (Bombac.). Reinwardtia 4: 47–150.
[705]Whitmore, T.C. & Ng, F.S.P. (Editors), 1972–1989. Tree flora of Malaya. A manual for foresters. 2nd edition. 4 volumes. Malayan Forest Records No 26. Longman Malaysia SDN. Berhad, Kuala Lumpur & Petaling Jaya.
[724]Wong, W.C. & Lim, S.C., 1990. Malaysian timbers – durian. Timber Trade Leaflet No 113. Malaysian Timber Industry Board, Kuala Lumpur and Forest Research Institute Malaysia, Kepong. 12 pp.
[104]Corner, E.J.H., 1988. Wayside trees of Malaya. 3rd edition. 2 volumes. The Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur. 774 pp.
[312]Kostermans, A.J.G.H., 1958. The genus Durio Adans. (Bombac.). Reinwardtia 4: 47–150.
[705]Whitmore, T.C. & Ng, F.S.P. (Editors), 1972–1989. Tree flora of Malaya. A manual for foresters. 2nd edition. 4 volumes. Malayan Forest Records No 26. Longman Malaysia SDN. Berhad, Kuala Lumpur & Petaling Jaya.
[724]Wong, W.C. & Lim, S.C., 1990. Malaysian timbers – durian. Timber Trade Leaflet No 113. Malaysian Timber Industry Board, Kuala Lumpur and Forest Research Institute Malaysia, Kepong. 12 pp.
Author(s)
S.K. Yap & R.H.M.J. Lemmens
Correct Citation of this Article
Yap, S.K. & Lemmens, R.H.M.J., 1995. Durio wyatt-smithii Kosterm.. In: Lemmens, R.H.M.J., Soerianegara, I. and Wong, W.C. (Editors): Plant Resources of South-East Asia No 5(2): Timber trees; Minor commercial timbers. PROSEA Foundation, Bogor, Indonesia. Database record: prota4u.org/prosea
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