Description
Small trees;
Leaves glabrous, coriaceous-fleshy, in dry state hard and brittle.
Inflorescences mostly on the main trunk but also on branches and even in the axils of the uppermost leaves.
Flowers in panicle-like branched inflorescences;
Flowers 4- or 5-merous.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; Malaya present; Philippines (Philippines present); Thailand (Thailand present), SE. Asia present, West Malesia present
Monotypic, SE. Asia (Indochina, Thailand) and West Malesia: Malaya, Borneo, and the Philippines. .
Citation
HIEPKO 1979 – In: Willdenowia: 23
BAILL. 1892 – In: Hist. Pl.: 457
SLEUM. 1935 – In: E. & P., Nat. Pfl. Fam., ed. 2, 16b: 36
Engl. 1897 – In: E. & P., Nat. Pfl. Fam. 1: 143
