Dysoxylum densiflorum

Botanical Description

Dysoxylum densiflorum is a tree that usually grows up to 30 metres tall, but can reach up to 51 metres. The bole can be free of branches for up to 13 metres, up to 65cm in diameter, exceptionall to 123cm with buttresses up to 3.5 metres high forming plank roots up to 5 metres long at the base[ 653 Title Plants of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://www.asianplant.net/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Excellent site with brief information on the plant, its range, habitat and uses, plus phots of specimens, close-ops of flowers and leaves etc, , 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 the source of a good quality timber, known as 'jarum-jarum' in southeast Asia, that is harvested from the wild for local use and for trade[ 935 Title Identification and utilization of lesser-known commercial timbers in Peninsular Malaysia 7 Publication Timber Technology Bulletin No. 41 Author Lim S.C.; Gan K.S. Website https://info.frim.gov.my/infocenter/booksonline/ttb/TTBno41.pdf Publisher Forest Research Institute Malaysia Year 2006 ISBN 139-258 Description Part of an excellent series of publications, this one giving a brief guide to four groups of lesser known commercial timbers from southeast Asia. It can be downloaded in PDF format from the Internet. ].