Dysoxylum cauliflorum

Botanical Description

Dysoxylum cauliflorum is a tree that usually grows from 5 - 20 metres tall, though sometimes can reach 30 metres. The straight bole can be clear of branches for up to 16 metres in larger trees, it is up to 50cm in diameter, sometimes fluted or with small buttresses up to 60cm high, 30cm outwards and 5cm wide[ 899 Title Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak Vols 1 - 6 Publication Author Soepadmo E.; Saw L.G.; Chung R.C.K. (Editors) Publisher Forest Research Institute Malaysia; Kuala Lumpur. Year 2002 ISBN 983-2181-27-5 Description A flora of the woody plants of Sabah and Sarawak on the island of Borneo, often giving details of plant uses. ]. The tree is the source of a good quality timber, known as 'jarum-jarum' in southeast Asia, that is harvested from the wild for local use and for trade[ 935 Title Identification and utilization of lesser-known commercial timbers in Peninsular Malaysia 7 Publication Timber Technology Bulletin No. 41 Author Lim S.C.; Gan K.S. Website https://info.frim.gov.my/infocenter/booksonline/ttb/TTBno41.pdf Publisher Forest Research Institute Malaysia Year 2006 ISBN 139-258 Description Part of an excellent series of publications, this one giving a brief guide to four groups of lesser known commercial timbers from southeast Asia. It can be downloaded in PDF format from the Internet. ].