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General Information

Santiria laevigata is a tree usually growing 15 - 30 metres tall with some specimens up to 45 metres. The bole is usually 25 - 70cm in diameter, exceptionally more than 100cm, often with buttresses[].
The tree is harvested from the wild for local use of its wood and edible fruit. The wood is traded internationally[].
The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2011)[].

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References

Range

Southeast Asia - Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines.

Habitat

An emergent tree in undisturbed forests at elevations up to 800 metres. Usually in mixed dipterocarp forest, but also found in swamp and keranga forest. Mostly on hillsides with sandy soils[].

Properties

Conservation Status	Least Concern
Edibility Rating
Other Uses Rating
Habit	Tree
Height	25.00 m
Cultivation Status	Wild

Cultivation Details

Edible Uses

Fruit[]. The fruit is a green-white, fleshy drupe around 15mm long[, ].

Medicinal

None known

Agroforestry Uses:

The species regenerates well in logged-over forest and has been found to become the dominant species five years after logging[]. It has potential for use as a pioneer species when re-establishing native woodland[].

Other Uses

The timber is used for posts, planks and chopping-knife handles[, ].

This species is one of the sources of kedondong timber, which is obtained from several species in the family Burseraceae[, ]. We do not have a specific description of the wood for this species, but the general description of kedondong wood is as follows:-
The heartwood is generally a light brown; it is not sharply demarcated from the 3 - 5cm wide band of lighter-coloured sapwood. The texture is moderately fine and even; the grain is interlocked to wavy; the surface is lustrous. The wood is light in weight; moderately hard; not very durable, being susceptible to fungi, dry wood borers and termites. It seasons somewhat slowly with only a slight risk of checking and distortion; once dry it is moderately stable to stable in service. The wood has a fairly high blunting effect, stellite-tipped and tungsten carbide tools are recommended; it is moderately easy to slightly difficult to plane; finishes smooth to rough; can be easy to very difficult to bore; slightly difficult to difficult to turn; nailing and screwing properties are good; gluing is correct. The wood is suitable for internal use as a general utility timber for planking, cladding, plywood, flooring, furniture, packing cases, pallets and general carpentry work[, ].

Propagation

Seed -

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