Tetranthera lnoides Merr.

Taxonomy

Species:: Tetranthera lnoides Merr.
Genus:: Tetranthera
Family:: Lauraceae

Synonym(s)

Common Names

Properties

Botanic

A small tree up to 18 m tall, bole straight to crooked, up to 60 cm in diameter, bark surface longitudinally fissured, dark greyish, inner bark brown mottled. Leaves alternate, 4.5-17 cm x 2.5-10 cm, blunt to acute, glabrous above, sparsely hairy below, midrib sunken above, with 6-13 pairs of secondary veins which are sunken above, tertiary venation scalariform, distinct below, petiole 1-2.5 cm long. Flowers in peduncled umbellules in short racemes, with (4-)6 tepals and 9-12 stamens. Fruit oblong to ellipsoid, 0.7-1.2 cm long, seated on a small flat perianth cup.

Biology

The fruits of L. monopetala are thought to be dispersed by bats.

Habitat

L. monopetala is locally common in mixed lowland and montane evergreen or semi-deciduous forest.

Cultivation and Marketing

Uses and Function

Fodder: The leaves are the principal food of the muga silkworm (Antheraea assama) in India and are used for fodder in Nepal. Medicine: The seeds contain an oil which is used medicinally in India. Timber: The wood is used as medang, e.g. for planks and tool handles.

Variable

Wood Density

10 rows


0.46	0.51	0.61	0.5100	15	Oey Djoen Seng (1951) in Soewarsono (1990). Specific Gravity of Indonesian Woods and its Significance for Practical Use, FRDC, Forestry Department, Bogor, Indonesia
	0.54		0.5400	15	Lemmens, R.H.M.J., Soerjanegara, I. and Wong, W.C. (Editors), 1995. Plant Resources of South-East Asia No 5(2). Timber trees: Minor commercial timbers. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 655 pp.
	0.48		0.4800		Nguyen Ngoc Chinh et al. 1996. Vietnam Forest Trees. Forest Inventory and Planning Institute, Agricultural Publishing House, Hanoi	Vietnam
	0.409		0.4090		Anonymous. 1971. Inventaire Forestier des Terres Basses du Versant Occidental des Monts Cardamones CAMBOOGE. Confidential FAO Technical Report No. 6, FO:SF/CAM 6., Rome, Italy.	South-East Asia (tropical)
	0.445		0.4450		Cheng, J.C., Yang, J. and Liu, P. 1992. Anatomy and Properties of Chinese Woods. Chinese Forestry Publishing, Beijing, China. 820 pp.	China
	0.445		0.4450		Cheng, J.C., Yang, J. and Liu, P. 1992. Anatomy and Properties of Chinese Woods. Chinese Forestry Publishing, Beijing, China. 820 pp.	China
	0.448		0.4480		Cheng, J.C., Yang, J. and Liu, P. 1992. Anatomy and Properties of Chinese Woods. Chinese Forestry Publishing, Beijing, China. 820 pp.	China
	0.38		0.3800		Nguyen Ngoc Chinh et al. 1996. Vietnam Forest Trees. Forest Inventory and Planning Institute, Agricultural Publishing House, Hanoi	South-East Asia (tropical)
	0.41		0.4100		Oey Djoen Seng (1951) in Soewarsono (1990). Specific Gravity of Indonesian Woods and its Significance for Practical Use, FRDC, Forestry Department, Bogor, Indonesia	South-East Asia (tropical)
	0.46		0.4600		Desch, H.E. 1996. Timber: structure, properties, conversion and use. 7th Edition. Palgrave Macmillan, New York.	South-East Asia (tropical)

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Statistic Summary of Wood Density (g/cm³)

N: 10
Mean: 0.4527
Median: 0.4465
Mode: 0.4450
Stdv: 0.0481
Variance: 0.0023
Range: [0.38, 0.54]

Cumulative Distribution Plot

If the Moisture Content column is undefined, you may assume the value of 15%
The statistic summary is based on data availability in the database, thus it may change upon the data collection updates

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