''Madhuca cheongiana'' is a plant in the family
Sapotaceae
240px, '' Madhuca longifolia'' var. ''latifolia'' in Narsapur, Medak district, India
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Description
''Madhuca cheongiana'' grows as a tree up to tall, with a trunk diameter of up to . The bark is brown.
Inflorescences bear up to 10 white flowers.
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Distribution and habitat
''Madhuca cheongiana'' 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 ...
to Borneo
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. Its habitat is mixed dipterocarp and '' kerangas'' forests to altitude.[
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Conservation
''Madhuca cheongiana'' has been assessed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data Book, founded in 1964, is an inventory of the global conservation status and extinction risk of biological ...
. 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 oil palms. The oil is used in food manufacturing, in beauty products, and as biofuel. Palm oil accounted for about 36% of global oils produced from o ...
plantations.
References
cheongiana
Endemic flora of Borneo
Trees of Borneo
Plants described in 2001
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