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Dyera costulata (jelutong)

Synonyms: Alstonia costulata (homotypic); Alstonia eximia; Alstonia grandifolia; Dyera laxiflora

Wikipedia Abstract

Dyera costulata (syn. D. laxiflora), the jelutong, is a species of tree in the oleander subfamily. It grows to approximately 60 metres (200 ft) tall with diameters of 2 metres (5 to 6 ft), or even to 80 m (260 ft) tall with diameters to 3 m (10 ft), and boles clear and straight for 30 m (90 ft). It grows in Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra and southern Thailand. Its natural distribution is scattered locales in low-elevation tropical evergreen forest. In addition, jelutong can be tapped for latex and from the 1920s through the 1960s, jelutong latex was an important source of chewing gum.
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Attributes

Janka Hardness [2]  390 lbf (177 kgf) Very Soft
Leaf Type [1]  Evergreen
Specific Gravity [3]  0.26
Structure [1]  Tree

Predators

Cyana inconclusa[4]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
2Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts
3Diversity in specific gravity and water content of wood among Bornean tropical rainforest trees, Eizi Suzuki, Ecological Research (1999) 14, 211–224
4HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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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