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FAMILY Species (& Range States) Workshop comments
3 EBENACEAE Diospyros pilosanthera
(KH, ID, MY, PH, TH, VN,
other)
4 FLACOURTIACEAE Homalium foetidum
(ID, MY, PH, other)
D. pilosanthera was reported to be in trade in Indonesia, but not to be a major timber
species (Partomihardjo, 2007).
The Philippines’ participants considered the species to be in trade and of possible
conservation concern.
The accepted name in Cambodia was reported to be D. helphori (Thy, 2007).
Abdullah (2007) considered that there are four varieties of this species.
Because of its small size, the species was not considered to be in trade in Malaysia, where
it is reportedly used mostly for handicrafts (Saw, 2007).
It was not considered to be traded in Viet Nam (Sam, 2007).
Comments from Cambodia provided after the workshop by Thy (2007):
Synonym: D. helferi (Dy Phon P., 2000)
Common name: Trayeung (Cambodia)
Habitat: Occurs as an evergreen tree in open dipterocarp, gallery, dry evergreen forest in
the lowlands (observation). The usual leaning trunk with black bark generally grows on
termite mound.
Population status and trends: In most forested areas of Cambodia, the species has not yet
been used due to the significant number of good quality specimens of other species that
are preferred and which still exist. It is mixed with Diospyros crumenata for sale.
Threats: It suffers from seasonal fire and habitat conversion.
Use: Wood is used for cabinetwork (Dy Phon, P., 2000).
Trade: No information.
H. foetidum was not considered to be in trade in Malaysia (Saw & Sugau, 2007) or the
Philippines (Madulid, 2007), and not enough information on trade in the species was
available from Indonesia (Partomihardjo, 2007).
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