Taxon:
Calophyllum inophyllum L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:513. 1753
Verified:
03/08/2012
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
Alexandrian-laurel – balltree – beach calophyllum – beach touriga – beautyleaf – Borneo-mahogany – Indian doomba oiltree – Indian-laurel – laurelwood – satin touriga – tacamahac-tree – German
alexandrinischer Lorbeer – Hawaiian
kamani – India
punnaga – Spanish
palo de Santa María – palo María – undi –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | incl. Pemba |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Mozambique | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Comoros | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Madagascar | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Mauritius | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Seychelles | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hainan Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Ryukyu Islands | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Taiwan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | s. |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Cambodia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Myanmar | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Vietnam | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Papuasia | Papua New Guinea | | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Northern Territory | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Queensland | |
1 | Native | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Marshall Islands | | |
1 | Native | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Micronesia | | |
1 | Native | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Palau | | |
1 | Native | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | United States | Guam | |
1 | Native | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | United States | Northern Mariana Islands | |
1 | Native | Pacific | South-Central Pacific | Cook Islands | | |
1 | Native | Pacific | South-Central Pacific | French Polynesia | Marquesas Islands | |
1 | Native | Pacific | South-Central Pacific | French Polynesia | Society Islands | |
1 | Native | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Fiji | | |
1 | Native | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Samoa | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
4 | Naturalized | | | | | natzd. elsewhere |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania (incl. Pemba)
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Mozambique
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China [Hainan Sheng]
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EASTERN ASIA:
Japan [Ryukyu Islands], Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India (s.), Sri Lanka
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PAPUASIA:
Papua New Guinea
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INDO-CHINA:
Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
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MALESIA:
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia [Queensland, Northern Territory]
Pacific
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NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Palau, United States [Guam, Northern Mariana Islands]
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SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
Cook Islands, French Polynesia [Society Islands, Marquesas Islands]
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SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Fiji, Samoa
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Naturalized
(natzd. elsewhere)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | agroforestry | | Soerianegara, I. & R. H. M. J. Lemmens, eds. 1993. Timber trees: major commercial timbers. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 5(1):123-124. URL: http://proseanet.org |
Environmental | ornamental | | Soerianegara, I. & R. H. M. J. Lemmens, eds. 1993. Timber trees: major commercial timbers. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 5(1):123-124. URL: http://proseanet.org |
Environmental | shade/shelter | | Soerianegara, I. & R. H. M. J. Lemmens, eds. 1993. Timber trees: major commercial timbers. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 5(1):123-124. URL: http://proseanet.org |
Materials | beads | | Smith, R. J. Botanical beads of the world (on-line resource). URL: http://www.botanicalbeads.com/BBB_page_131.html |
Materials | gum/resin | | Soerianegara, I. & R. H. M. J. Lemmens, eds. 1993. Timber trees: major commercial timbers. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 5(1):123-124. URL: http://proseanet.org |
Materials | lipids | | Soerianegara, I. & R. H. M. J. Lemmens, eds. 1993. Timber trees: major commercial timbers. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 5(1):123-124. URL: http://proseanet.org |
Materials | wood | source of "beach inophyllum" timber | Soerianegara, I. & R. H. M. J. Lemmens, eds. 1993. Timber trees: major commercial timbers. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 5(1):123-124. URL: http://proseanet.org |
Medicines | folklore | | Soerianegara, I. & R. H. M. J. Lemmens, eds. 1993. Timber trees: major commercial timbers. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 5(1):123-124. URL: http://proseanet.org |
Medicines | folklore | | Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India. |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. 1985. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants |