Click here to open feedback window. Contribution to an evaluation of tree species using the new CITES Listing Criteria 278 Calophyllum papuanum    Guttiferae Distribution Indonesia (Irian Jaya, Moluccas), Papua New Guinea Habitat This canopy tree is usually found in colline or montane forest up to 1850m, sometimes in depleted Agathis forest, rarely occurring in swamp forest. Population Status and Trends It is expected that Calophyllum species will be more heavily harvested when other timber supplies have become exhausted. Role of species in the Ecosystem Threats Utilisation The timber is used in building and is considered a decorative substitute for dark- coloured mahogany, if suitably stained, and for all kinds of mahogany if transparently coated. It is also substituted for red meranti. Trade The timber is traded in Papua New Guinea as calophyllum. In 1995 Papua New Guinea recorded the export of 231,000m³ of calophyllum logs, valued at an average price of US$156/m³ (ITTO, 1997). IUCN Conservation category LRlc according to Stevens (1997) Conservation Measures Forest Management and Silviculture Preliminary data from Peninsular Malaysia indicate that members of the genus may be slow-growing, taking 70 years to attain a diameter of 50cm. References Conn, B.J. (ed.). 1995. Handbooks of the Flora of Papua New Guinea. Malaysia: Melborne University Press. 1-292. ITTO. 1997. Annual review and assessment of the world tropical timber situation. 1996. International Tropical   Timber Organization (ITTO). Soerianegara, I. & R.H.M.J. Lemmens (eds.). 1993. Plant Resources of South-East Asia 5(1). Timber trees: Major commercial timbers. Wageningen: Pudoc Scientific Publishers. 610 pp. Stevens, P.F. 1997. Annotations to a listing of draft species summaries for New Guinea for the Conservation and sustainable management of trees project.