Calophyllum polyanthum

Botanical Description

Calophyllum polyanthum is an evergreen tree growing 7 - 45 metres tall. The bole, which can be up to 160cm in diameter, is without buttresses. The wood of this tree furnished the poon spars, which were used for masts, spars, and other parts of ships, and good trunks were highly valued, with as much as 2,000 rupees being paid for single trunks in the nineteenth century[ 532 Title Journal of the Arnold Arboretum Vol 61 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Harvard University Year 1980 ISBN 0004-2625 Description A treatment of the Asian species of Colophyllum is just one of the articles in this publication. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The wood is still highly valued and is often harvested from the wild.