Palaquium amboinense

Botanical Description

Palaquium amboinense is an evergreen, emergent tree or large canopy tree growing up to 40 metres tall. The bole is straight and cylindrical, up to 60cm in diameter and up to 25 metres long before the first branches. It has buttresses that can be up to 2 metres high[ 388 Title Guide to the Trees of Papua New Guinea Publication Author Conn. B.J. & Damas. K.Q. Website http://www.pngplants.org/PNGtrees/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An Internet site giving good descriptions of the trees of Papua New Guinea. ]. The seeds are harvested from the wild as a source of oil, which is used locally. The trees are sometimes harvested for their timber, which is exported.