Pentaspadon motleyi

Botanical Description

Pentaspadon motleyi is a deciduous tree that can grow up to 50 metres tall. The straight bole can be 70cm in diameter with buttresses up to 5 metres high, 4 metres outwards and 6cm thick[ 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for mainly local use as a food, medicine and source of wood. The wood is sometimes traded as ' pelajau' timber[ 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 species is under great threat from habitat destruction in New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, where it is considered to be Endangered. The situation is likely to be similar elsewhere. The plant is classified as 'Data Deficient' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[ 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. ].