Scaphium longiflorum

Botanical Description

Scaphium longiflorum is a deciduous tree growing up to 36 metres tall[ 334 Title Flora of Peninsula Malaysia Publication Author Website http://www.tfbc.frim.gov.my Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description In the process of being assembled (15/07/09), it is currently a series of check sheets giving species name, brief description, habitat and high quality photos of the plants. ]. The straight, cylindrical bole is up to 50cm in diameter, with thick buttresses up to 100cm high[ 334 Title Flora of Peninsula Malaysia Publication Author Website http://www.tfbc.frim.gov.my Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description In the process of being assembled (15/07/09), it is currently a series of check sheets giving species name, brief description, habitat and high quality photos of the plants. , 906 Title Timber Notes - Light Hardwoods VI (Dedali, Kedondong, Kelempayan, Kelumpang, Kembang Semangkok) Publication Timber Technology Bulletin No. 16 Author Choo K.T.; Gan S.; Lin S.C. Publisher Forest Research Institute Malaysia; Kuala Lumpur Year 1999 ISBN 139-258 Description Part of an excellent series of publications, this one giving a brief guide to five lesser known groups of heavy hardwoods from southeast Asia. It is available in PDF format on the Internet. , 2063 Title A Revision of Scaphium (Sterculioideae, Malvaceae/Sterculiaceae) Publication Edinburgh Journal of Botany 66 (2): 283-328 (2009) Author Wilkie P. Website http://10.1017/S0960428609005411 Publisher Year 2009 ISBN Description ]. The edible seed is gathered from the wild for local use as a food and medicine. The tree is exploited as a source of 'kembang semangkok' timber for major international trade and as a medicine for minor international trade[ 402 Title Contribution to an evaluation of tree species using the new CITES Listing Criteria Publication Author Website http://sea.unep-wcmc.org/species/tree_study/ Publisher UNEP-WCMC; Cambridge. Year 1999 ISBN Description A document produced by UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre in 1999. It contains fact sheets on more than 200 tree species from around the globe. ]. A scattered primary forest tree which has declined due to expansion of settlement and logging activities[ 402 Title Contribution to an evaluation of tree species using the new CITES Listing Criteria Publication Author Website http://sea.unep-wcmc.org/species/tree_study/ Publisher UNEP-WCMC; Cambridge. Year 1999 ISBN Description A document produced by UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre in 1999. It contains fact sheets on more than 200 tree species from around the globe. ]. The tree is listed as 'Vulnerable' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(1998)[ 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. ]. A more recent report (2009), not yet ratified by the IUCN, says that although Scaphium longiflorum is found in forest which is under threat from logging and other human disturbances its wide distribution and occurrence in forest reserves means a conservation status of Least Concern is most appropriate[ 2063 Title A Revision of Scaphium (Sterculioideae, Malvaceae/Sterculiaceae) Publication Edinburgh Journal of Botany 66 (2): 283-328 (2009) Author Wilkie P. Website http://10.1017/S0960428609005411 Publisher Year 2009 ISBN Description ].