Barathranthus axanthus
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Description
Glabrous except for a dense rusty stellate tomentum on the young vegetative parts and inflorescences.
Leaves opposite or displaced, with pairs of normally developed leaves usually separated by one or more pairs of vestigial ones; normally developed lamina narrowly ovate to ovate, 6-16 by 2-7.5 cm, cuneate to truncate at the base to a petiole 5-17 mm long, acuminate and acute at the apex, dull on both sides; venation pinnate with the midrib visible above and prominent below and other venation obscure; vestigial leaves 5-7 mm long, channeled above, deciduous.
Inflorescencess at the nodes, a 6- to 12-flowered capitate spike; axis 1-2 mm long; bracts c. 0.5 mm long, concave.
Flowers unisexual, dioecious.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; Cambodia (Cambodia present); Jawa (Jawa present); Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Sumatera (Sumatera present)
Cambodia; Malesia: Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Java.