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General Information

Triomma malaccensis is a tree that can grow up to 60 metres tall. The bole can be 100cm or more in diameter with broad buttresses 1 - 3 metres high[].
The tree is harvested from the wild for its resin and timber, which are used locally whilst the timber is also exported.

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References

Range

Southeast Asia - Malaysia, Indonesia.

Habitat

An emergent tree, frequent in old, rarely in secondary, forests; mostly on dry ground, rarely in permanently inundated places, at elevations up to 150 metres, occasionally ascending to 400 metres[].

Properties

Other Uses Rating
Habit	Tree
Height	50.00 m
Self-fertile	No
Cultivation Status	Wild

Cultivation Details

Often found on yellow sandy clay soils in the wild[].
Signs of regeneration are very scarce, perhaps due to low fruit setting and seedlings seem to be affected by competition. The species regenerates badly in logged over forest[].
A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.

Edible Uses

None known

Medicinal

None known

Other Uses

A resin obtained from the tree is sometimes used for torches[].

The wood is light in weight and rather soft. It is used for indoor construction[, ].
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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