Xanthophyllum brevipes

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Xanthophyllum brevipes

Description

Tree, up to 35 m, 40 cm dbh. Leaf-blade 2.6-7.5 by 0.7-2.6 cm, apex acuminate to cuspidate; Inflorescences 2-5-flowered; Sepals minutely ciliate, further glabrous; Petals unequal, white, when dry orange-brown, faintly ciliate, the longest one 15-16 mm; Stamens: Ovary shortly stipitate, orange-brown, glabrous; Fruit pear-shaped (to broadly ovoid?), up to 4 cm diam., strongly wrinkled when dry, shiny, brown; Seeds more than 10, flattened-ovoid, c. 1 cm long;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Borneo present (Brunei present, Sarawak present)
Malesia: Borneo (Sarawak, Brunei).

Notes

ASHTON mentioned in a fieldnote that the habit of the tree is very reminiscent of old specimens of Salix babylonica because of its pendant twigs.

Citation

MEIJDEN 1982 – In: Leiden Bot. Ser.: 144