Crypteronia paniculata var. paniculata

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Crypteronia paniculata var. paniculata

Description

Leaves (5-)10-15(-25) by (3-)5-10(-12) cm, glabrous; Inflorescence up to c. 30 cm; Sepals c. 1 mm long. Capsule (sub)globose.

Distribution

Andaman Is present, Arakan present, Asia-Tropical: Assam (Assam present); Borneo present (Sabah present); Jawa (Jawa present); Lesser Sunda Is. (Bali present); Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Philippines (Philippines present); Sumatera (Sumatera present), Burma present, Chitta-gong present, Continental SE. Asia present, E. Bengal present, Flores present, Kedah present, Khasia Hills present, Langkawi I present, Lesser Sunda Is present, Lushai Hills present, Pahang present, Painan present, Pajakumbuh present, Palembang present, Pegu present, Penang I present, Perak present, Rangoon present, Selangor present, Sibolangit present, Sumbawa present, Tenasserim present
Continental SE. Asia: E. Bengal (Chitta-gong), Assam (Khasia Hills, Lushai Hills), Andaman Is., Burma (Arakan, Rangoon, Pegu, Tenasserim); in Malesia: Malay Peninsula (Kedah, Perak, Langkawi I., Pahang, Selangor, incl. Penang I.), Sumatra (Sibolangit, Pajakumbuh, Painan, Palembang), Java, Lesser Sunda Is. (Bali, Sumbawa, Flores), Borneo (Sabah, W. Kutai), Philippines. .

Uses

The timber is reported as of good quality, used amongst others for house-building purposes and cart-wheels. In the Philippines the bark is sometimes used against skin-eruptions. In Java the young shoots are eaten with rice as lalab (HASS-KARL).