Dysoxylum flavescens
Hiern
Meliaceae
Alliaria flavescens (Hiern) Kuntze
Alliaria griffithii (Hiern) Kuntze
Dysoxylum griffithii Hiern
Hartighsea ramiflora Griff.
Common Name:
General Information
Dysoxylum flavescens is a tree that can grow up to 39 metres tall. The bole can be up to 98cm in diameter with buttresses up to 1 metre high and 60cm outwards[
653- Title
- Plants of Southeast Asia
- Publication
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- 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.
].
Known Hazards
None known
Botanical References
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.
Range
Southeast Asia - Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia.
Habitat
A mid-canopy tree in undisturbed mixed dipterocarp forests, growing on hillsides with sandy soils; at elevations up to 100 metres[
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,
]. Rain forests at elevations to 1,700 metres[
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.
].
Properties
| Other Uses Rating |  |
| Habit | Tree |
| Height | 30.00 m |
| Cultivation Status | Wild |
Cultivation Details
We have no specific information for this species, but most members of the genus are dioecious, in which case both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required[
451- Title
- Flora Malesiana Series 1
- Publication
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- 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
].
Edible Uses
None known
Medicinal
None known
Other Uses
The heartwood is a pale reddish-brown; the sapwood is straw coloured. The wood is suitable for medium to heavy construction work, planking, flooring, panelling, and for manufacturing high grade furniture, wood pallets, veneer and plywood[
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.
].
We have no more specific information on the wood of this species, but it is one of a group of species that are the source of a commercial timber known in the trade as 'jarum-jarum'. The general description of jarum-jarum is as follows:-
The heartwood is orange-red to brick red when fresh,darkening on exposure; it is clearly demarcated from the yellow sapwood. The texture is moderately coarse but uneven due to the abundant of parenchyma; the grain is straight, interlocked, wavy or irregular; there is a watersilk marking on flat-sawn surfaces due to the parenchyma bands. The wood is moderately hard to hard. It is used for purposes such as flooring, furniture, wall panelling, solid door construction, veneer and plywood[
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.
].
Propagation
Seed -
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Useful Tropical Plants Database 2014 by
Ken Fern,
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Ajna Fern
with help from
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