''Madhuca utilis'' is a tree in the family Sapotaceae. The

specific epithet In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...

''utilis'' means "useful", referring to the timber.

Description

''Madhuca utilis'' grows up to tall, with a trunk diameter of up to . The bark is greyish brown. The fruits are ellipsoid, up to long.

Distribution and habitat

''Madhuca utilis'' is native to Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo. Its habitat is swamps and lowland ''

kerangas The Sundaland heath forest, also known as ''Kerangas'' forest, is a type of tropical moist forest found on the island of Borneo, which is divided between Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia, as well as on the Indonesian islands of Belitung and Bangk ...

'' forests from .

Conservation

''Madhuca utilis'' has been assessed as endangered on the IUCN Red List. The species is threatened by logging and conversion of land for

palm oil Palm oil is an edible vegetable oil derived from the mesocarp (reddish pulp) of the fruit of the oil palms. The oil is used in food manufacturing, in beauty products, and as biofuel. Palm oil accounted for about 33% of global oils produced from ...

plantations.

References

utilis Trees of Peninsular Malaysia Trees of Borneo Plants described in 1918 {{Sapotaceae-stub