Payena lucida

Botanical Description

Payena lucida is an evergreen tree that can grow up to 40 metres tall. The buttressed bole can reach around 90cm in diameter[ 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. , 1795 Title Revision of the Sapotaceae of the Malaysian area in a wider sense. XV. Payena A. De Candolle Publication Blumea Vol IX, No 1, 1958 Author Bruggen A.C. van Publisher Year 1958 ISBN Description Written in 1958, but still the most recent work on the full genus of Payena. Very detailed descriptions, it also includes brief notes on uses when known. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and for its useful wood, which can be traded under the name '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. ]. Payena lucida has a large range and some of the distribution encompasses protected areas. There is however a great suspected population decline and a projected continuing decline in the extent and quality of habitat, and the species is known to be harvested and traded as timber. By 2016 over 19% of the tree cover within the EOO had been lost, in comparison to 2000, giving the suspected population decline. The tree cover loss and population decline would most likely be much greater if calculated over three generation length (60-150 years) bringing it closer to the lower limit of Vulnerable. 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. ].