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Flacourtia kinabaluensis Sleumer

Salicaceae Tree

Accumulation profile

Ni Nickel Obligate

7,280 µg g⁻¹ DW

7.3× the nickel threshold

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Substrate: Ultramafic (serpentine)
Habitat: Ultramafic forest, Kinabalu Park
Distribution: Malaysia (Sabah, Borneo)
First reported: 2015 · van der Ent et al.
Verification: review-cited

Description & ecology

Foliar Ni up to 7,280 µg/g; one of the woody Salicaceae nickel hyperaccumulators from the Sabah ultramafic hotspot.

Tissue-level Ni distribution (epidermis + phloem) studied by Abubakari et al. (2020).

References

Galey, M. L., van der Ent, A., Iqbal, M. C. M., & Rajakaruna, N. (2017). Ultramafic geoecology of South and Southeast Asia. Botanical Studies, 58, 18. doi:10.1186/s40529-017-0167-9
Reeves, R. D., Baker, A. J. M., Jaffré, T., Erskine, P. D., Echevarria, G., & van der Ent, A. (2018). A global database for plants that hyperaccumulate metal and metalloid trace elements. New Phytologist, 218, 407–411. doi:10.1111/nph.14907

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