palaquium gutta

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| image = Palaquium gutta - Köhler–s Medizinal-Pflanzen-099.jpg

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| status = NT

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Olander, S.B. |author2=Wilkie, P. |date=2018 |title=Palaquium gutta |volume=2018 |page=e.T61965223A61965225 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T61965223A61965225.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}

| genus = Palaquium

| species = gutta

| authority = (Hook.) Baill.

| synonyms =

{{Collapsible list

|Croixia gutta {{Au|(Hook.) Baehni}}

|Dichopsis borneensis {{Au|(Burck) Fox}}

|Dichopsis gutta {{Au|(Hook.) Benth.}}

|Dichopsis oblongifolia {{Au|Burck}}

|Dichopsis treubii {{Au|(Burck) Fox}}

|Isonandra acuminata {{Au|Miq.}}

|Isonandra gutta {{Au|Hook.}}

|Isonandra percha {{Au|Hook.}}

|Palaquium acuminatum {{Au|Burck}}

|Palaquium borneense {{Au|Pierre}}

|Palaquium borneense {{Au|Burck}}

|Palaquium croixianum {{Au|Pierre ex Dubard}}

|Palaquium formosum {{Au|Pierre}}

|Palaquium fulvosericeum {{Au|Engl.}}

|Palaquium gloegoerense {{Au|Burck}}

|Palaquium malaccense {{Au|Pierre}}

|Palaquium oblongifolium {{Au|(Burck) Burck}}

|Palaquium obscurum {{Au|Burck}}

|Palaquium optimum {{Au|Becc.}}

|Palaquium princeps {{Au|Pierre}}

|Palaquium selendit {{Au|Burck}}

|Palaquium treubii {{Au|Burck}}

|Palaquium vrieseanum {{Au|Burck}}

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Palaquium gutta is a tree in the family Sapotaceae. The specific epithet {{lang|ms|gutta}} is from the Malay word getah meaning 'sap or latex'.

Description

Palaquium gutta grows up to {{convert|40|m|-1}} tall. The bark is reddish brown. Inflorescences bear up to 12 flowers. The fruits are round or ellipsoid, sometimes brownish tomentose, up to {{convert|2.5|cm|0}} long.

Distribution and habitat

Palaquium gutta is native to Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Borneo. Its habitat is lowland mixed dipterocarp, kerangas and limestone forests.

Uses

The seeds of Palaquium gutta are used to make soap and candles, occasionally in cooking. The latex is used to make gutta-percha. The timber is logged and traded as nyatoh.

Conservation

Palaquium gutta has been assessed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. The significant threat to the species is deforestation: in Borneo for conversion of land to palm oil cultivation.

References

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{{cite web |url= https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60456374-2 |title= Palaquium gutta (Hook.) Baill. |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=11 July 2020}}

{{Cite book | last1 = Mohtar | first1 = A.P. Abang Mohd. | date = April 2002 | contribution = Palaquium gutta (Hook.f.) Baill. | contribution-url = http://www.chm.frim.gov.my/backup/TFSS.vol4_5_6.pdf | editor1-last = Soepadmo | editor1-first = E. | editor2-last = Saw | editor2-first = L. G. | editor3-last = Chung | editor3-first = R. C. K. | title = Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak | volume = 4 | pages = 287–288 | publisher = Forest Research Institute Malaysia | isbn = 983-2181-27-5 | url = http://www.chm.frim.gov.my/Resources/Publications/Books/Floras/Tree-Flora-of-Sabah-and-Sarawak.aspx | version = (free online from the publisher, lesser resolution scan PDF versions) | accessdate = 6 December 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130927074942/http://www.chm.frim.gov.my/Resources/Publications/Books/Floras/Tree-Flora-of-Sabah-and-Sarawak.aspx | archive-date = 27 September 2013 | url-status = dead }}

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gutta

Category:Trees of Sumatra

Category:Trees of Malaya

Category:Trees of Borneo

Category:Plants described in 1847

Category:Taxa named by Henri Ernest Baillon

Category:Taxa named by William Jackson Hooker