Cotylelobium melanoxylon
About
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. It was first described by Joseph Dalton Hooker in 1860 as Anisoptera melanoxylon and transferred to Cotylelobium by Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre in 1889. It is the provincial tree of Surat Thani Province, Thailand.
- Family
- Dipterocarpaceae
How to use it
The wood of Cotylelobium melanoxylon is prized for its dark color and durability, making it suitable for furniture and construction. This tree plays an important ecological role in its native habitat, providing shelter and food for various wildlife species.
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Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Cotylelobium melanoxylon
- Slug
- cotylelobium-melanoxylon
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Dipterocarpaceae
- Genus
- Cotylelobium
- Species
- melanoxylon
- Wikidata QID
- Q942116
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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