Xanthophyllum nitidum
Xanthophyllum nitidum is a tree in the family Polygalaceae. The specific epithet nitidum is from the Latin meaning "shiny", referring to the leaf surfaces.[2]
| Xanthophyllum nitidum | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Polygalaceae |
| Genus: | Xanthophyllum |
| Species: | X. nitidum |
| Binomial name | |
| Xanthophyllum nitidum | |
Description
Xanthophyllum nitidum grows up to 30 metres (100 ft) tall with a trunk diameter of up to 35 centimetres (14 in). The bark is black and smooth.[2]
Distribution and habitat
Xanthophyllum nitidum is endemic to Borneo. Its habitat is lowland forests from 100 metres (300 ft) to 400 metres (1,300 ft) altitude.[2]
gollark: "Oh yes, I will just go OUTSIDE the universe" - statements made by GTech™ exploration probe #15996-υ/4.
gollark: Where else would they go?
gollark: What? Of course they are in our universe.
gollark: Those aren't heaven and hell, silly.
gollark: > The temperature of Heaven can be rather accurately computed from available data. Our authority is Isaiah 30:26, “Moreover, the light of the Moon shall be as the light of the Sun and the light of the Sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days.” Thus Heaven receives from the Moon as much radiation as we do from the Sun, and in addition seven times seven (49) times as much as the Earth does from the Sun, or fifty times in all. The light we receive from the Moon is one ten-thousandth of the light we receive from the Sun, so we can ignore that. With these data we can compute the temperature of Heaven. The radiation falling on Heaven will heat it to the point where the heat lost by radiation is just equal to the heat received by radiation, i.e., Heaven loses fifty times as much heat as the Earth by radiation. Using the Stefan-Boltzmann law for radiation, (H/E)^4 = 50, where E is the absolute temperature of the earth (-300K), gives H as 798K (525C). The exact temperature of Hell cannot be computed, but it must be less than 444.6C, the temperature at which brimstone or sulphur changes from a liquid to a gas. Revelations 21:8 says “But the fearful, and unbelieving … shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone.” A lake of molten brimstone means that its temperature must be at or below the boiling point, or 444.6C (Above this point it would be a vapor, not a lake.) We have, then, that Heaven, at 525C is hotter than Hell at 445C. – “Applied Optics”, vol. 11, A14, 1972
References
- "Xanthophyllum nitidum W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes". The Plant List. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
- De Wilde, W. J. J. O.; Duyfjes, Brigitta E. E. (March 2007). "Xanthophyllum nitidum W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes" (PDF). In Soepadmo, E.; Saw, L. G.; Chung, R. C. K.; Kiew, Ruth (eds.). Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak. (free online from the publisher, lesser resolution scan PDF versions). 6. Forest Research Institute Malaysia. p. 265. ISBN 983-2181-89-5. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.