Editing Gutta-percha (section)

==Description==
[[File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Guttapercha-boom TMnr 60016733.jpg|thumb|Gutta-percha tree]]

''Palaquium gutta'' trees are {{convert|5|–|30|m|-1}} tall and up to {{convert|1|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} in trunk diameter. The leaves are [[evergreen]], alternate or spirally arranged, simple, entire, {{convert|8|–|25|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long, glossy green above, and often yellow or [[glaucous]] below. The flowers are produced in small clusters along the stems, each flower with a white [[corolla (flower)|corolla]] with four to seven (mostly six) acute lobes. The fruit is an ovoid {{convert|3|–|7|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} berry, containing one to four seeds; in many species, the fruit is edible.

In Australia, gutta-percha is a common name specifically used for the [[euphorbiaceae|euphorbiaceous]] tree ''[[Excoecaria]] parvifolia'', which yields an aromatic, heavy, dark-brown timber.