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General Information

Scorodocarpus borneensis is an evergreen, medium-sized to large tree that can grow up to 40 metres tall with occasional specimens to 60 metres[]. The columnar bole, which can be branchless for up to 25 metres, is up to 80cm (occasionally to 150cm) in diameter, often piped and occasionally with small buttresses[].
The tree is harvested from the wild and used locally as a source of food, medicines and timber.

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References

Range

Southeast Asia - Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia.

Habitat

Scattered but may be locally common or even gregarious in primary rain forest[]. On alluvial sites near rivers and streams and on hillsides[]. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant[].

Properties

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Habit	Evergreen Tree
Height	35.00 m
Cultivation Status	Wild

Cultivation Details

A plant of the moist, lowland tropics where it is usually found at elevations up to 600 metres, occasionally to 900 metres[].
Requires a well-drained soil[].
All parts of the plant have an aroma of garlic[, ].
Plants may coppice easily[].

Edible Uses

The young leaves are eaten as a vegetable[, ].

The fruit is edible[, , ].

The seed is edible[]. Boiled[]. It has the aroma of garlic[].

The bark and the fruits are used as an onion/garlic substitute to flavour food[, ].
The leaves are used as a seasoning, giving an onion/garlic flavour to food[].

Medicinal

The fruits, and also an infusion of the bark, are sometimes used as an antidote for antiaris (Antiaris toxicaria) poisoning[].
An extract from the fruits has shown antimicrobial activity[].

Other Uses

The heartwood is dark red brown to purple brown; the sapwood light yellow, sometimes with a transitional red-brown zone[]. The texture is moderately fine; the grain shallowly to deeply interlocked; lustre low[]. The wood is moderately durable with some resistance to termite attack, it has a strong smell of garlic when freshly cut[]. The wood is moderately easy to saw; it dresses and bores smoothly if the grain is not deeply interlocked[]. It is used for medium to heavy construction under cover (beams, joists, posts, door and window frames, flooring, rafters), bridge building, salt-water piling (with bark on), boat keels, mine props, transmission posts, agricultural implements and sleepers in temporary railway lines[].

Propagation

The seeds show about 70% germination in 11 - 32 months, the fruits have about 40% germination in 9 - 16 months[].
Before storage, seeds should be sun-dried for about 10 days[].

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