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Useful Tropical Plants

Maniltoa browneoides

Harms

Fabaceae

+ Synonyms

Maniltoa gemmipara Backer

Maniltoa grandiflora Backer & Bakh.

Pseudocynometra browneoides (Harms) Kuntze

Common Name:

Maniltoa browneoides
The flush of new growth
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General Information

Maniltoa browneoides is an evergreen tree that can grow from 9 - 30 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be 12 - 40cm in diameter, with buttresses 100cm high, 100cm wide and 3cm 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 its wood, which is used locally and is also exported in limited amounts to Japan[
310
Title
Plant Resources of Southeast Asia
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http://proseanet.org/
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Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia.
]. The plant is esteemed within its native range as an ornamental, and may have a wider potential, both as an ornamental and as a shade tree[
310
Title
Plant Resources of Southeast Asia
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Website
http://proseanet.org/
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Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia.
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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
].

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References

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
,
1510
Title
A revision of four genera of the tribe Leguminosae-Caesalpinioideae-Cynometreae in Indomalesia and the Pacific
Publication
Blumea Vol 18, No 1 1970, pp 1-52
Author
M.S. Knaap-van Meeuwen
Publisher
 
Year
1970
ISBN
 
Description
 

Range

Australasia - New Guinea

Habitat

A sub-canopy to canopy tree in primary lowland forest, often in swampy localities, sometimes in secondary forest; at elevations up to 75 metres, occasionally extending to 400 metres[
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
].

Properties

Other Uses Rating *  *  *
HabitEvergreen Tree
Height20.00 m
Cultivation StatusOrnamental, Wild

Cultivation Details

Not known

Edible Uses

None known

Medicinal

None known

Other Uses

An extraction of the wood has been reported to be used to dye wool and silk yellow to reddish; it dyes only slightly[
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Title
Plant Resources of Southeast Asia
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Author
 
Website
http://proseanet.org/
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Year
0
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Description
Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia.
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The heartwood is brown or red-brown, sometimes with a golden lustre; it is distinct, but becoming indistinct from the straw-coloured or yellow-white sapwood, which turns grey-brown or brown upon exposure. The grain is straight or slightly interlocked; the texture moderately fine to moderately coarse; growth rings are indistinct. The wood is medium to heavy in weight; moderately hard to hard; fairly strong; moderately durable, but not suitable for use in contact with the ground. The heartwood is resistant to pressure impregnation and the sapwood is susceptible to Lyctus borers[
310
Title
Plant Resources of Southeast Asia
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://proseanet.org/
Publisher
 
Year
0
ISBN
 
Description
Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia.
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The wood is used for general construction, furniture, joinery, flooring, cladding, panelling, decking, lining, turnery, sliced veneer, tool handles and truck bodies[
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Title
Plant Resources of Southeast Asia
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Author
 
Website
http://proseanet.org/
Publisher
 
Year
0
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Description
Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia.
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The wood is used for fuel and makes good charcoal[
310
Title
Plant Resources of Southeast Asia
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://proseanet.org/
Publisher
 
Year
0
ISBN
 
Description
Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia.
].

Propagation

Seed -
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