(Masters) Pierre, Fl. Forest. Cochinch. 13 (1889)
Latin for 'tube-shaped'.
Pterocymbium parviflorum Merr.
Sterculia tubulata Masters
Emergent tree up to 58 m tall and 77 cm dbh. Stipules ca. 2 mm long. Leaves
crowded at twig tips, alternate, simple, tripli-veined, base sometimes cordate,
lower surface glabrous to densely hairy. Flowers ca. 8 mm diameter, green?,
placed in panicles. Fruits ca. 105 mm long, green, winged nuts (nuts ca. 14 mm
In undisturbed mixed dipterocarp to sub-montane forests up to 1000 m
altitude. Throughout the forest, from alluvial sites to hillsides and ridges. On
sandy soils and on limestone. In secondary forests usually present as a
Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo (Sarawak, Sabah, West- and
Borneo: Bilungkaan, Bayur menamang, Kalinmanok, Kayu ketimun.