Dyera costulata
About
Dyera costulata, the jelutong, is a species of tree in the family Apocynaceae. It grows to approximately 60 metres (200 ft) tall with diameters of 2 metres, 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.
- Family
- Apocynaceae
How to use it
Jelutong wood is prized for its quality and is often used in making rubber and other products. The tree's latex can also be harvested, making it an important resource in its native regions.,
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In the kitchen
Jelutong is not eaten by humans. Instead, it is valued for its timber and other uses.
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Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Dyera costulata
- Slug
- dyera-costulata
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Genus
- Dyera
- Species
- costulata
- Wikidata QID
- Q2714937
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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