Description
Leaves opposite; lamina elliptic to obovate, 5-10 by 2.3-5 cm, cuneate to slightly cordate at the base to a petiole 6-12 mm long, usually rounded at the apex; venation obscure except for the midrib and a few major laterals visible above.
Inflorescences several at the nodes, a (2-)4-6(-8)-flowered raceme; axis 5-12 mm long; pedicels 2-3 mm long; bract deltoid, erect, c. 1.5 mm long.
Fruit 8-9 mm long including a thick stipe 2-3 mm long, contracted at the apex.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Jawa (Jawa present); Lesser Sunda Is. (Bali present); Maluku (Maluku present); Philippines (Philippines present), Sumbawa present, Thailand to Vietnam present
Thailand to Vietnam; Malesia: Java, Philippines, Lesser Sunda Islands (Bali, Sumbawa), Moluccas.
Notes
Conspecific with Scurrula philippensis; for discussion of species circumscription see
Citation
Danser 1935 – In: Philipp. J. Sc.: 121
Backer & Bakh. f. 1965 – In: Fl. Java: 74
Danser 1931 – In: Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg: 429
Backer & Bakh. f. 1965 – In: Fl. Java: 74
Barlow 1991 – In: Blumea: 70
