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Madhuca motleyana

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Wikipedia Abstract

Madhuca motleyana is a tree in the Sapotaceae family. It grows up to 28 metres (92 ft) tall, with a trunk diameter of up to 50 centimetres (20 in). The bark is greyish brown. Inflorescences bear up to 12 flowers. The fruits are ellipsoid, up to 2.5 centimetres (1 in) long and ripen yellow then reddish. M. motleyana produces nyatoh timber, suitable for furniture making. The tree is named for the engineer and naturalist James Motley who lived and worked in Borneo in the 1850s. Habitat is swamps and forests from sea-level to 800 metres (2,600 ft) altitude. M. motleyana is found in Thailand, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo.
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Attributes

Specific Gravity [1]  0.46

Predators

Macaca fascicularis (long-tailed macaque)[2]
Nasalis larvatus (proboscis monkey)[3]
Nycticebus coucang (slow Loris)[4]

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♦ 1Chave J, Coomes D, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Swenson NG, Zanne AE (2009) Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Ecology Letters 12: 351-366. Zanne AE, Lopez-Gonzalez G, Coomes DA, Ilic J, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Miller RB, Swenson NG, Wiemann MC, Chave J (2009) Data from: Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Dryad Digital Repository.
♦ 2Feeding Ecology of the Long-Tailed Macaque (Macaca fascicularis) in Kalimantan Tengah, Indonesia, Carey P. Yeager, International Journal of Primatology, Vol 17, No. 1 1996, pp. 51-62
♦ 3Feeding Ecology of the Proboscis Monkey (Nasalis larvatus), Carey P. Yeager, International Journal of Primatology, Vol. 10, No. 6, 1989, pp. 497-530
♦ 4Behavior and Ecology of Wild Slow Lorises (Nycticebus coucang): Social Organization, Infant Care System, and Diet, Frank Wiens, Dissertation presented to the Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Geosciences of Bayreuth University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Natural Sciences (February 2002)
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0