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Dysoxylum acutangulum is a species of flowering plant in the mahogany family, Meliaceae. It is a
tree native to Peninsular Thailand, Malesia (Borneo, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Peninsular Malaysia, Maluku Islands, Philippines (Palawan), and Sumatra), New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, and the Northern Territory and Queensland in Australia.
In Malesia and Papuasia it is a rain forest tree growing from sea level up to 950 metres elevation. The seeds are eaten by the pied imperial pigeon (Ducula bicolor).
In northern Malesia subsp. acutangulum is one of the most important timber species of the Meliaceae, and is known commercially as membalo. It is used for furniture as well as coffins and cartwheels.
Dysoxylum brachybotrys · Dysoxylum carolinae · Dysoxylum cyrtobotryum · Dysoxylum flavescens · Dysoxylum gotadhora · Dysoxylum grande · Dysoxylum latifolium · Dysoxylum macrocarpum · Dysoxylum magnificum · White Cedar · Pink Mahogany · Dysoxylum pachyrhache
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dysoxylum acutangulum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
