Dysoxylum alliaceum (Blume)
Blume, Bijdr. (1825)
Latin for 'onion-like', referring to the smell of the wood.
Synonyms
Aglaia oligosperma (Pierre) Pellegr., Alliaria acuminatissima
(Blume) Kuntze, Alliaria costulata (Miq.) Kuntze, Alliaria fraterna
(Miq.) Kuntze, Alliaria glabra (C.DC.) Kuntze, Alliaria lamponga (Miq.)
Kuntze, Alliaria miqueliana (C.DC.) Kuntze, Alliaria nageliana (C.DC.)
Kuntze, Alliaria similis (Blume) Kuntze, Alliaria thyrsoidea (Hiern)
Kuntze, Alliaria vrieseana (C.DC.) Kuntze, Amoora oligosperma
Pierre, Chisocheton dempoense Baker.f., Dysoxylum aculeatissimum
Steud., Dysoxylum acuminatissimum Blume, Dysoxylum alliaceum var.
angustifolium Valet., Dysoxylum alliaceum var. genuinum
Valet., Dysoxylum alliaceum var. lanceolatum Koord. & Valet.,
Dysoxylum alliaceum var. laxiflorum (Blume) C.DC., Dysoxylum
alliaceum var. pauciflorum Koord. & Valet., Dysoxylum apoense
Elmer, Dysoxylum archboldianum Merr. & L.M.Perry, Dysoxylum
brachycalcyninum Harms, Dysoxylum brevipes Hiern, Dysoxylum
costulatum (Miq.) Miq., Dysoxylum dempoense (Baker.f.) Harms,
Dysoxylum euphlebium Merr., Dysoxylum excelsum var. glabriflorum
Miq., Dysoxylum fraternum Miq., Dysoxylum glabrum C.DC.,
Dysoxylum klemmei Merr., Dysoxylum lampongum Miq., Dysoxylum
lanceolatum Elmer, Dysoxylum laxiflorum Blume, Dysoxylum
longifolium Blume, Dysoxylum miquelianum C.DC., Dysoxylum
monticola Harms, Dysoxylum nagelianum C.DC., Dysoxylum
platyphyllum Merr., Dysoxylum pulchrum Ridl., Dysoxylum rostratum
Merr., Dysoxylum sattelbergense Merr. & L.M.Perry, Dysoxylum simile
Blume, Dysoxylum thyrsoideum Hiern, Dysoxylum thyrsoideum var.
andamanicum King, Dysoxylum vrieseanum C.DC., Guarea alliacea
Blume, Guarea axillaris Blume, Guarea foetida Blume, Hartighsea
costulata Miq., Prasoxylon alliaceum (Blume) M.Roem., Trichilia
similis (Blume) Spreng.
Description
Mid-canopy tree up to 32 m tall and 48 cm dbh. Stipules absent. Leaves
alternate, compound, leaflets penni-veined, glabrous. Flowers ca. 7 mm diameter,
white-yellowish, placed in panicles. Fruits ca. 20 mm diameter, white-pink-red,
capsules. Seeds with white aril?
Ecology
In undisturbed mixed dipterocarp forests up to 1000 m altitude. On hillsides
and ridges with sandy soils, but also on limestone. In secondary forests usually
present as a pre-disturbance remnant.
Uses
The wood is locally used.
Distribution
Thailand and Andaman Islands to the Solomon Island and Australia. In Borneo
collected in Sarawak, Sabah, South- and East-Kalimantan.
Local names in Borneo
Kambutong, Langsat-langsat, Langsat munyit, Latak manuk, Longkang bawang,
Marburung, Sibaumater bau.
