''Palaquium rufolanigerum'' is a tree in the family

Sapotaceae 240px, '' Madhuca longifolia'' var. ''latifolia'' in Narsapur, Medak district, India The Sapotaceae are a family (biology), family of flowering plants belonging to the order (biology), order Ericales. The family includes about 800 species of ev ...

. The specific epithet ''rufolanigerum'' means "reddish woolly", referring to the

indumentum In biology, an indumentum (Latin, literally: "garment") is a covering of trichomes (fine "hairs") on a plant Davis, Peter Hadland and Heywood, Vernon Hilton (1963) ''Principles of angiosperm taxonomy'' Van Nostrandpage, Princeton, New Jersey, pa ...

Description

''Palaquium rufolanigerum'' grows up to tall. The bark is reddish brown.

Inflorescences An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed ...

bear up to three brownish flowers. The fruits are round, up to in diameter.

Distribution and habitat

''Palaquium rufolanigerum'' is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...

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. Its habitat is montane forests.

References

rufolanigerum Endemic flora of Borneo Trees of Borneo Plants described in 1960 {{Sapotaceae-stub