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Palaquium galactoxylum
Also called Daintree maple
Palaquium galactoxylum, commonly known as Cairns pencil cedar, Daintree maple or red silkwood, is a species of plants in the star apple family Sapotaceae which is endemic to rainforests of New Guinea and northern Australia. It can produce spectacularly large buttress roots.
Palaquium galactoxylum grows in tropical low-altitude rainforests of New Guinea (including the Bismarck Archipelago), the Solomon Islands, and Queensland, at elevations to around 300 m (1,000 ft).
This tree produces a useful hardwood timber which is sold as "Pencil Cedar".
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Palaquium galactoxylum 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.
