Intsia bijuga

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Intsia bijuga

Description

Tree up to 40 m high and 1 m in diam.; buttresses when present up to 2(-4) m high and c. 2 m wide. Leaves 2- (or 3-)jugate, rarely 1-jugate towards the top of twigs or below the inflorescences; petiole and rachis (1.5 — )2.5 — 11.5 cm long, glabrous. Inflorescences up to 10( — 17) cm long, pubescent, glabrescent, or more or less glabrous; pedicels 7-12 mm. Petal: limb 6-10(-30) by 10-15(-35) mm; claw c. 5 mm long. Fertile stamens: filaments c. 3 cm; anthers c. 2 mm long; staminodes up to 10 mm. Ovary c. 7.5 mm long; style c. 4 cm. Seeds 2-3.5 cm long and wide, c. 0.8 cm thick.

Distribution

from Madagascar, islands in Indian Ocean, tropical Asia, through Malesia to N Australia, Melanesia and Micronesia present
As the genus.from Madagascar, islands in Indian Ocean, tropical Asia, through Malesia to N Australia, Melanesia and Micronesia

Uses

See under the genus.

Citation

Ding Hou 1994: p. 324. – In: Blumea: f. 1.
Miq.: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 107, 288.
Miq. 1855 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 80
Prain 1901: p. 44. – In: Sc. Mem. Med. Off. Army India: f. 12-16