Cotylelobium melanoxylon

Cotylelobium melanoxylon
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Dipterocarpaceae
Genus:	Cotylelobium
Species:	C. melanoxylon
Binomial name
Cotylelobium melanoxylon (Hook.f.) Pierre ex F.Heim
Synonyms
Anisoptera melanoxylon Hook.f. Cotylelobium beccarianum F.Heim Cotylelobium beccarii Pierre Cotylelobium harmandii (F.Heim) F.Heim Cotylelobium leucocarpum Slooten Sunaptea melanoxylon (Hook.f.) Kosterm. Vatica beccariana F.Heim Vatica harmandii F.Heim Vatica leucocarpa Foxw. ex L.G.Berger & Endert Vatica melanoxylon (Hook.f.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Miq. Vatica melanoxylon (Hook.f.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Miq. var. recta F.Heim

Cotylelobium melanoxylon is a tropical rainforest tree found in Maritime Southeast Asia. The name melanoxylon is derived from Greek (melanos = black and xylon = wood) and describes the dark heartwood. It is a very good quality timber, as it has very hard and heavy as well as durable wood. C. melanoxylon is a tall emergent tree, up to 60 m, found in mixed dipterocarp forest on yellow sandy soils. It also occurs as a smaller canopy tree in kerangas forest on podsols. The tree occurs in at least three protected areas (Lambir National Park, Gunung Mulu National Park and Kabilli-Sepilok Forest Reserve). Local names of the tree include Resak tembaga in Malay and Khiam (เคี่ยม) in Thai. The tree is the provincial symbol tree of Surat Thani Province, Thailand.

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