Palaquium obovatum

Botanical Description

Palaquium obovatum is an evergreen tree growing 30 - 45 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be 80 - 110cm in diameter[ 701 Title Asean Tropical Plant Database Publication Author Website http://211.114.21.20/tropicalplant/index.jsp Publisher Year ISBN Description Terse details, with photos, of many of the plants growing in the tropical forests of southeast Asia. Gives some details of plant uses along with a description of the plant and its range. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for its latex, which is used locally and its wood, which is used locally and also traded. It used to be cultivated as a commercial source of gutta-percha[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ]. Palaquium obovatum has a very wide range and is also found in protected areas. There is a continuing decline in the habitat quality and a suspected population decline that need to be monitored, but at present the plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2018)[ 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. ].