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Table 6. Timber tree species not thought to be in international trade or to be of conservation concern
FAMILY Species (& Range States) Workshop comments
1 ACERACEAE Acer laurinum
(ID, LA?, MY, PH, TH, VN,
other)
2 APOCYNACEAE Alstonia pneumatophora
(ID, MY, other)
Sam (2007) indicated that A. laurinum had been moved to Sapindaceae, but Abdullah
(2007) considered it belonged to Aceraceae.
No trade in the species was considered to take place in Malaysia or Indonesia, as it was
deemed to be of insufficient size and mostly for ornamental use. The species was noted to
be of no conservation concern in any of the two countries (Abdullah & Setyawati, 2007).
Bian (2007) reported a personal sight of the species in the mountains of Lao P.D.R.
Occurrence was reported in the mountains of Thailand, where the species is considered to
be a country endemic (Chayamarit, 2007).
A. pneumatophora was reported to occur in west Kalimantan. It was reported that A. solaris,
but not A. pneumatophora, is planted in Indonesia, because of the small diameter of the
latter (Setyawati, 2007).
In Malaysia, 4,000 m 3 of Pulai sawn timber were reported to be traded annually between
2002 and 2006. The term Pulai refers to the whole genus (Jumat, 2007). Saw (2007)
indicated that although the genus is in trade, this particular species is not, because the
trees are small and their timber is very soft. It was noted, however, that there is a good
market for interior decoration using Pulai (MY participants, 2007) and also that, according
to a book, the wood is also used in the manufacture of pit helmets (Chua, 2007). Julaihi
(2007) pointed out that since this is a peat swamp dwelling species, habitat degradation
could be an issue.
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