Description
Shrub or treelet up to 4 m tall, much-branched, with up to 1.5 cm long lateral thorns, dioecious;
Leaves distichous;
stipules 0.2-0.3 cm long, (sub)glabrous, caducous (or subpersistent);
flowers numerous;
stamens 2-2.5 mm long, anthers c. 0.8 mm long;
ovary c. 1 mm long, style 0-4 mm long, stigmas 1-2 mm long;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Jawa (Jawa present); Lesser Sunda Is. present (Bali present); Sumatera (Sumatera present), Enggano present, Flores present, Timor present
Sumatra (also Enggano), Java, Lesser Sunda Islands (Bali, Flores, Timor).
Citation
Hutch. 1918: Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew: 149
Bureau 1873 – In: A.DC., Prodr. 17: 217
Koord. & Valeton 1906 – In: Bijdr. Boomsoort. Java: 4, 6
Backer & Bakh.f. 1965 – In: Fl. Java: 16
Rendle 1925 – In: J. Bot.: 105
Koord. 1912: p. 88. – In: Exkurs.-Fl. Java: f. 26
