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Penang Botanic Gardens Plant Collection

Merrillia caloxylon (Ridl.) Swingle (RUTACEAE)

Posted at — Nov 13, 2019
Ketenggah

Description

Unarmed tree to 20 m tall. Leaves compound with 5-13 leaflets, usually 9, smallest at base, largest at apex. Flowers in leaf axils, trumpet shaped, greenish-white, 2.5-5.5 cm long. Fruits c. 11 cm long, ovoid, surface warty.


Ecology

Lowland forest in river banks.

Distribution

S Thailand, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo (Sabah).

Uses

Wood is handsome and valuable. However not common enough for timber exploitation.