New Guinea Walnut

Description

Dracontomelon dao, also known as the New Guinea walnut, Pacific walnut, Lamyo,or Paldao, is a tropical canopy tree distinguished mostly by its height (reaching up to about 45 metres or 148 feet), for its greyish-brown trunk which is branchless up to about 20 m (66 ft), and for its narrow buttresses which can reach up its trunk up to 6 m (20 ft) high. The species name is taken from the tree's name in Filipino. D. dao is found in the tropical forests of: peninsular Malaysia (Kedah, Kelantan, Trengganu, Penang Isl., Perak, Pahan, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan), Borneo, Sumatra, Philippines (Luzon, Mindoro, Tablas, Negros, Leyte, Samar, Basilan, Mindanao, Palawan), Lesser Sunda Isl., Java, Sulawesi, Moluccas, New Guinea, Solomons, Andamans (South Andamans), Nicobars (Car Nicobar Island), E-India, Myanmar (Kachin, Rakhine, Sagaing, Taninthayi, Mandalay, Yangon), Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam.