Fruiting trees Tengkawang 7 Years Once

Trees Tengkawang.

Tengkawang tree, never heard ?. Tengkawang (Shorea spp.) Is the name of the fruit and the tree of the genus Shorea fruit produce vegetable oil. Tengkawang tree is only found on the island of Borneo and Sumatra fraction. In English, flora (plants) is known as a rare Illepe or Borneo Tallow Nut. Tree consisting of dozens of species (13 of which are protected from extinction) has become a mascot (floral identity) province of West Kalimantan.
Tengkawang tree belonging to the three classes of wood (generally classified as Red Meranti) has the characteristics of high trees with large, has many branches and leafy. Uniquely these plants do not bear fruit every year. These plants bear fruit only once in a period of between 3-7 years which occurred sometime in June-August.
Perhaps because of the fruiting that not every year is why people rarely cultivate this plant. Tengkawang tree mascot West Kalimantan is almost entirely wild life in the forests. Even in the forest was in danger of extinction.
Fruit Tengkawang generate valuable high-fat oils. Tengkawang oil produced from the seeds that have been dried up Tengkawang dried then crushed and squeezed to get out the oil.

Seeds Tengkawang. 

Traditionally, Tengkawang oil used for cooking, for flavoring dishes and herb medicines. In the industrial world, the oil is used as a substitute tengkawang brown fat, pharmaceutical and cosmetic ingredients. In the past tengkawang also used in making candles, soap, margarine, lubricants and so on. Oil tengkawang also known as green butter.
There are several types of trees Tengkawang, including:
Shorea stenoptera, Tengkawang Tungkul
Shorea mecystopteryx, Tengkawang Screen
Shorea pinanga, Tengkawang Rambai
Shorea semiris, Tengkawang Terendak
Shorea beccariana, Tengkawang Tengkal
Shorea micrantha, Tengkabang Wrap
Shorea palembanica, Tengkawang Majau
Shorea lepidota, Tengkawang Mount
Shorea Singkawang, Sengkawang Pinang
Shorea stenopten,
Shorea COMPRESSA
Shorea gysberstiana,
Shorea Martiana,
13 (thirteen) Tengkawang the protected species from extinction. In addition to the thirteen types are still there are some other species, including:
Shorea amplexicaulis, Tengkawang Mege
Shorea fallax, Tengkabang Screen
Shorea havilandii, Selangan Stone Pinang, Ayer Tengkawang
Shorea macrophylla, Tengkawang Hantelok
Shorea scaberrima, Tengkawang Kijang
Shorea splendida, Tengkawang Bani
Shorea sumatrana, Kedawang, Tengkawang Stone
Lately tree Tengkawan increasingly rare because many are cut down to be used as a building material. In addition, the wood of this tree lot that sold for between Rp. 300,000 to Rp. 600,000 per cubic meter. Perhaps because of a long fruiting period, between 3-7 years, although Tengkawang oil produced from flora mascot West Kalimantan has a high selling price.
Scientific classification: Kingdom: Plantae (not including Eudicots and Rosids) Order: Malvales. Family: Dipterocarpaceae. Genus: Shorea. Thank you for reading this article. Written and posted by Bambang Sunarno. sunarnobambang86@gmail.com
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