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Botanical Name
| Pentaspadon motleyi Hook. f. |
| Genus | Pentaspadon |
| Family | Anacardiaceae |
| Distribution | Pentaspadon motleyi is widely distributed in Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. The tree is often found in swamps, primarily along rivers and streams, up to 200 m altitude (Adnan et al., 2018).
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| Bole Characteristics | Pentaspadon motleyi is a large tree that can reach up to 50 m tall and 70 cm in diameter, with a spreading canopy and slender buttresses. The outer bark is grey-brown and scaly, while the inner bark is pink and produces a whitish sap when cut.
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| Herbarium Characteristics | The species has compound leaves with 4 to 5 pairs of leaflets which are spirally arranged, clustered at the end of the twigs, and pinkish in colour when young. The leaflets are oblong-elliptic in shape, oppositely arranged, 5 to 13 cm long and 2 to 6 cm wide, with pointed tips and rounded bases. The leaflets have about 6 to 10 pairs of secondary nerves and hairy domatia (small leaf cavity inhabited by insects or mites) in their axils (Lim, 2012). The leaf stalk is usually red when young, turning green when mature.
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