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Useful Tropical Plants

Calophyllum polyanthum

Wall. ex Choisy

Calophyllaceae

+ Synonyms

Calophyllum amoenum Choisy

Calophyllum elatum Bedd.

Calophyllum smilesianum Craib

Calophyllum williamsianum Craib

Common Name: Sirpoon

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General Information

Calophyllum polyanthum is an evergreen tree growing 7 - 45 metres tall. The bole, which can be up to 160cm in diameter, is without buttresses.
The wood of this tree furnished the poon spars, which were used for masts, spars, and other parts of ships, and good trunks were highly valued, with as much as 2,000 rupees being paid for single trunks in the nineteenth century[
532
Title
Journal of the Arnold Arboretum Vol 61
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Publisher
Harvard University
Year
1980
ISBN
0004-2625
Description
A treatment of the Asian species of Colophyllum is just one of the articles in this publication. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
]. The wood is still highly valued and is often harvested from the wild.

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References

532
Title
Journal of the Arnold Arboretum Vol 61
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Publisher
Harvard University
Year
1980
ISBN
0004-2625
Description
A treatment of the Asian species of Colophyllum is just one of the articles in this publication. It can be downloaded from the Internet.

Range

E. Asia - southwestern China, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam.

Habitat

Usually in colline or lower montane rainforest, at elevations from 200 - 1,800 metres[
532
Title
Journal of the Arnold Arboretum Vol 61
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Publisher
Harvard University
Year
1980
ISBN
0004-2625
Description
A treatment of the Asian species of Colophyllum is just one of the articles in this publication. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
]. A canopy tree in wet, evergreen forests.

Properties

Other Uses Rating *  *  *
HabitEvergreen Tree
Height30.00 m
Cultivation StatusWild

Cultivation Details

A plant of the wet, mainly lowland tropics, where it is found at elevations up to 1,500 metres. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 28 - 33°c, but can tolerate 16 - 38°c[
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Ecocrop
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Basic information on a wide range of useful plants, plus details of environmental needs where available.
]. It can be killed by temperatures of 4°c or lower[
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]. It prefers a mean annual rainfall in the range 4,000 - 6,000mm, but tolerates 2,000 - 8,000mm[
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Grows best in a sunny position, also succeeding in light shade[
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]. Succeeds in most well-drained soils of at least moderate fertility[
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Basic information on a wide range of useful plants, plus details of environmental needs where available.
]. Prefers a pH in the range 5.5 - 6.5, tolerating 4.5 - 7[
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Ecocrop
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Edible Uses

None known

Medicinal

None known

Other Uses

An oil obtained from the seed is used as an illuminant[
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Title
Oil Yielding Plants
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://mnes.nic.in/list/oil-plants.pdf
Publisher
Botanical Survey of India.
Year
2004
ISBN
 
Description
A PDF downloaded from the Internet. Very terse details about the applications of oil obtained from over 300 species of plants.
].

The wood is used for ship and bridge building, general construction, and furniture making[
532
Title
Journal of the Arnold Arboretum Vol 61
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Publisher
Harvard University
Year
1980
ISBN
0004-2625
Description
A treatment of the Asian species of Colophyllum is just one of the articles in this publication. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
].

Propagation

Seed -
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