EPPO Global Database

Eusideroxylon zwageri(EUDZW)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: EUDZW
  • Preferred name: Eusideroxylon zwageri
  • Authority: Teijsmann & Binnendijk

Notes

Malesia (Sumatra, Borneo). Official tree of Sarawak. The tree is very slow-growing, and its wood is extremely hard. It is used for various traditional purposes, e.g. construction of "long-houses". It has been massively over-exploited commercially, and the remaining trees are protected


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Bihania borneensis Meisner
Eusideroxylon borneense Fernández-Villar

Common names
Name
Language
Borneo billian English
Borneo ironwood English
iron man tree English
ulin English
bilian French
südostasiatischer Eisenholzbaum German
bilian Indonesian
teijam Indonesian
pau-ferro-de-Bornéu Portuguese
palo amarillo Spanish