''Dactylocladus'' is a

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genus of trees in the family

Crypteroniaceae The Crypteroniaceae are a family of flowering trees and shrubs. The family includes 13 species in three genera, native to Indomalaya. Genera There are three genera of Crypteroniaceae, all native to Asian tropical forests: * '' Axinandra'' Thwa ...

. It contains the single species ''Dactylocladus stenostachys''. The generic name means "finger twigs", referring to the branching of the twigs. The

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''stenostachys'' means "small spike", referring to the

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Description

''Dactylocladus stenostachys'' grows as a tree up to tall, with a trunk diameter of up to . Its bark is brown to grey initially, turning reddish brown and scaly in the mature tree. The elliptic leaves measure up to long. The timber is used for flooring and furniture.

Distribution and habitat

''Dactylocladus stenostachys'' is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only 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 foun ...

Borneo Borneo () is the List of islands by area, third-largest island in the world, with an area of , and population of 23,053,723 (2020 national censuses). Situated at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, it is one of the Greater Sunda ...

. Its habitat is in

peat swamp forest Peat swamp forests are tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical moist forests where waterlogged soil prevents dead leaves and wood from fully decomposing. Over time, this creates a thick layer of acidic peat. Large areas of th ...

, occasionally in ''

kerangas The Sundaland heath forests, 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 Ban ...

'' forest.

References

Crypteroniaceae Monotypic Myrtales genera Endemic flora of Borneo {{Myrtales-stub