Madhuca crassipes

Botanical Description

Madhuca crassipes is a tree that can grow up to 40 metres tall. The bole can be up to 70cm in diameter with steep plank buttresses up to 250cm high and 120cm 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 harvested from the wild for its wood, which is traded under the names 'Bitis' and 'Nyatoh'[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ]. Madhuca crassipes has quite a large range, but is likely to be harvested for timber and also grows in a habitat (freshwater peat swamps) that is particularly under threat - almost 13% of the tree cover within its range was lost during the period 2000- 2016. Due to the declining extent and quality of habitat there is a suspected population decline which is likely to be greater if calculated over three generation lengths (60-150 years). The plant is classified as 'Near Threatened' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2019)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].