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HERB. HORT. EDINB.
MO@QOQS6A
PLANTS FROM SULAWESI
Indonesia
{M.J.E. Coode)
Collections of the
1989 Expedition to Sulawesi
by the
Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke
Historie
LEIDEN
in collaboration with
the University of
and the
Royal Botanic Gardens, KEW
copyright reserved
Sulawesi Tenggara, Kolaka area; c. 3°49'S 121°40'R,
* Gn. Watuwila foothills, above Sanggona. Slopes of
Gn. Sopura. Forest; deep leaf-litter, many slender
smallish trees with scattered + emergents: little
vegetation on forest floor.
c. 1100m. 3 Nov. 1989
Coode 6138
Straight small tree, 6m x 10cm, with narrow crown.
~~ Bark brownish, somewhat flakey; outer-bark not
detaching; inner-bark red, thin, hard, c.2-3 m
thick overall; sapwood straw, c. 4mm thick,
heartwood deep red, hard & dense. Very young leaves
reddish-bronzy; mature leaves midgreen, paler
beneath. Male flowers in creamy catkins.
ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN
wi —
E01120997 *WOOD*
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