Lithocarpus cyclophorus

Botanical Description

Lithocarpus cyclophorus is an evergreen tree growing 18 - 40 metres tall. The bole can be 20 - 120cm in diameter with buttresses up to 200cm tall and out[ 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet ]. The trees are harvested from the wild for their timber, which is used locally[ 46 Title Dictionary of Economic Plants. Publication Author Uphof. J. C. Th. Publisher Weinheim Year 1959 ISBN - Description An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for its wood, which is jointly marketed with the wood of various other Lithocarpus and Quercus species under the trade name ‘mempening'[ 996 Title A Dictionary of Malaysian Timbers Publication Malayan Forest Records No. 30 Author Wong T.M. Website http://Elaeocarpaceae Publisher Forest Research Institute Malaysia; Kuala Lumpur Year 2002 ISBN 983-2181-29-1 Description A fairly comprehensive guide to Malaysian timbers, giving their properties and the main tree species from which they are obtained. ].