Radermachera peninsularis
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Description
Tree, 4-15 m.
Leaves 3-pinnate, 60-80 cm;
Inflorescences terminal, similar to those in R. sinica;
Ovary glabrous.
Capsule terete, tortuous, 60-70 cm by 3-5 mm.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present), Cameron Highlands present, Peninsular Thailand present, between Phangnga and Krabi present
Peninsular Thailand (between Phangnga and Krabi); in Malesia: Malay Peninsula (Cameron Highlands), 2 collections.
Notes
In habit deceptively like R. sinica, but at once different by the shorter (6-7 cm), not salver-shaped corolla and the much wider smooth calyx. The corolla in R. sinica measures c. 8-12 cm including the lobes, with a narrow, very gradually widening tube. R. sinica also has the minute lax pubescent nerves and veins above and long narrow bracts.
SANTISUK l.c. referred the specimens to R. borii, which I refer to R. sinica, a species ranging more northerly in SE. Asia, viz from N. Assam, N. Burma, and Tonkin to S. China, Hainan, Formosa, and the southern Ryu Kyu Is.
SANTISUK l.c. referred the specimens to R. borii, which I refer to R. sinica, a species ranging more northerly in SE. Asia, viz from N. Assam, N. Burma, and Tonkin to S. China, Hainan, Formosa, and the southern Ryu Kyu Is.