''Xanthophyllum beccarianum'' is a tree in the family
Polygalaceae
The Polygalaceae or the milkwort family are made up of flowering plants in the order Fabales. They have a near-cosmopolitan range, with about 27 genera and ''ca''. 900 known species of herbs, shrubs and trees. Over half of the species are in on ...
. It is named for the Italian botanist
Odoardo Beccari
Odoardo Beccari (16 November 1843 – 25 October 1920) was an Italian botanist famous for his discoveries in Indonesia, New Guinea, and Australia. He has been called the greatest botanist to ever study Malesia.
Life
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Description
''Xanthophyllum beccarianum'' grows up to tall with a trunk diameter of up to . The bark is grey-green and smooth. The flowers are orange-red when dry. The round fruits measure up to in diameter.[
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Distribution and habitat
''Xanthophyllum beccarianum'' 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
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 mixed dipterocarp
Dipterocarpaceae is a family of flowering plants with 22 genera and about 695 known species of mainly lowland tropical forest trees. Their distribution is pantropical, from northern South America to Africa, the Seychelles, India, Indochina, Indo ...
forests from sea-level to altitude.[
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References
beccarianum
Endemic flora of Borneo
Trees of Borneo
Plants described in 1896
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