Streblus perakensis
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Description
Shrub or tree up to 10 m tall, without or with lateral or terminal up to 1 cm long, often ± curved thorns, dioecious;
Leaves distichous;
stipules 0.1-0.3 cm long, appressedly puberulous, (sub)persistent.
often concentrations of persistent stipules (or scale-leaves) and lenticels at branching points.
flowers 5-20, sessile (or up to 1 mm long pedicellate);
stamens c. 3 mm long, anthers c. 0.8 mm long;
ovary c. 1.5 mm long, style c. 1 mm long, stigmas 3-5 mm long;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present), Peninsular Thailand present
Peninsular Thailand; in Malesia: Malay Peninsula.
Notes
3The distribution range of this species is quite small compared to the other species of the section.
2Corner (1962) included S. perakensis in sect. Paratrophis. Corner (1975) maintained the species in this section with some doubt. However, the enlarged tepals in fruit and the presence of thorns clearly indicate its correct position.
1In the very short and almost sessile staminate inflorescences this species matches S. taxoides, from which it can be distinguished by somewhat longer petioles and the absence of short-shoots bearing tufts of leaves and/or inflorescences. Also, the shape of the tepals of the pistillate flower is distinctly different. The pistillate inflorescences are often sessile at anthesis. Spines are formed, but apparently not as frequently and consistently as in S. taxoides. Concentrations of persistent scales and lenticels can often be found on branching points.