Clethra tomentella

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Clethra tomentella

Description

Small tree or shrub. Branchlets rather slender, tips grey-tomentellous. Leaves lanceolate to elliptic-oblong, or oblanceolate, apex ± shortly subacutely acuminate, base attenuate, firmly chartaceous, subentire or sometimes sparsely very shortly serrate-dentate in the upper part, younger and submature ones glabrous above, appressedly greyish-stellate-tomentellous all over beneath, mature ones glabrescent tardily, first on the inter-venium, finally also almost completely along midrib and nerves, 6-9(-l 1) by (2-)2.5-3(-3.5) cm, nerves (10-)12-14(-15) pairs, prominent beneath, reticulation visible only in the already glabrate parts; Petals obovate-spathulate, minutely erose apically, glabrous, white, 2-2.2(-2.5) mm. Ovary tomentellous; Capsule subglobose, 2.5 mm ø. Seeds sub-trigonous-ovoid, 0.7-1 mm.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Philippines (Philippines present), Luzon present, Mountain Prov. to Batangas present
Malesia: Philippines (Luzon: Mountain Prov. to Batangas).

Citation

Merr. 1923 – In: En Philip.: 243
SLEUM. 1967 – In: Bot. Jahrb.: 94