Xanthophyllum obscurum
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Description
Tree, up to 47 m, 70 cm dbh.
Leaf-blade (4—)7.5—17 by (1.5-)3.5-9cm, apex rounded to obtuse or sometimes very shortly acuminate;
Inflorescences sometimes also on the older nodes, shorter than the leaves;
Sepals black;
Petals unequal, white or purple, the upper ones with a yellow or green spot, when dry black, inside glabrous or rather densely woolly hairy above insertion of filaments and at apex, the longest one 14-19 mm;
Stamens 7.5-12 mm long;
Ovary black, glabrous;
Fruit globular, very large, the largest up to 14 cm diam., dull pinkish brown, with numerous small dark spots;
Seeds 8-16, sticking together in drying like a ball, each c. 2-6 cm wide;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present, Singapore present); Sumatera (Sumatera present); Thailand (Thailand present), Penang I present
Southernmost Thailand; in Malesia: Malay Peninsula (incl. Singapore&Penang I.), Sumatra, Borneo.
Citation
HEND. 1928 – In: Gard. Bull. S. S.: 222
WATSON 1928 – In: Mal. For. Rec.: 249
NG 1972: p. 361. – In: Tree Fl. Mal.: f. 3
King 1890: Mat. Fl. Mal. Pen.: 141
BALAN MENON 1956 – In: Mal. For. Rec.: 34
MEIJDEN 1982: p. 145. – In: Leiden Bot. Ser.: f. 3B-b, 10B.
WYATT-SMITH 1952 – In: Mal. For. Rec.: 81, 363
Corner 1978: Gard. Bull. Sing.: 147, 211
WYATT-SMITH 1963 – In: Mal. For. Rec.: f. 5
WYATT-SMITH 1963 – In: Mal. For. Rec.: f. 8
A.W.BENNETT 1975: p. 89. – In: Mal. For.: f. 8.1 F-J, 8.3, 8.4
BALAN MENON 1956 – In: Mal. For. Rec.: 34
King 1896: p. 138. – In: Ann. R. Bot. Gard. Calc.: pl. 163
HEND. 1928 – In: Gard. Bull. S. S.: 222
RIDLEY 1922 – In: Fl. Mal. Pen.: 143
RIDLEY 1900 – In: J. Str. Br. R. As. Soc.: 45
WATSON 1928 – In: Mal. For. Rec.: 249
GAGNEP. 1908 – In: Desv., J. Bot. 21: 253
HEYNE 1927: Nutt. Pl.: 902
A.W.BENNETT 1922 – In: Fl. Mal. Pen.: 144
WYATT-SMITH 1952 – In: Mal. For. Rec.: 81, 361
NG 1972: p. 363. – In: Tree Fl. Mal.: f. 3
King 1890: Mat. Fl. Mal. Pen.: 144
BURK. 1935: Dict.: 2268