Cotylelobium melanoxylon is a tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae. The specific epithet melanoxylon means "black wood", referring to the dark colour of the tree's wood.[3] It was first described by Joseph Dalton Hooker in 1860 as Anisoptera melanoxylon and transferred to Cotylelobium by Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre in 1889.[4] It is the provincial tree of Surat Thani Province, Thailand.
Cotylelobium melanoxylon | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malvales |
Family: | Dipterocarpaceae |
Genus: | Cotylelobium |
Species: | C. melanoxylon
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Binomial name | |
Cotylelobium melanoxylon | |
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Cotylelobium melanoxylon grows up to 60 metres (200 ft) tall, with a trunk diameter of up to 1.5 m (5 ft). The leathery leaves are lanceolate or ovate or oblong and measure up to 10 cm (4 in) long. The inflorescences measure up to 8 cm (3 in) long and bear cream flowers.[3]
Cotylelobium melanoxylon is native to Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo. Its habitat is in kerangas and mixed dipterocarp forests, at elevations up to 750 m (2,500 ft).[1]