Gluta beccarii

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Gluta beccarii

Description

Tree up to 33 m high and 72 cm ø. Bark grey, reddish or dark brown, rather smooth. Leaves coriaceous, obovate, or elliptic, l-12ll2 by 3½-6 cm, glabrous, sometimes puberulous beneath especially on the midrib and nerves; Petals white, changing to dark pink, contorted, narrowly elliptic, 12-14 by 3-4 mm, puberulous outside, glabrous inside. Stamens c. 70, 5-10 mm; Panicles 9-15 cm long, puberulous; Ovary subglobose, c. 1 mm ø, glabrous;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Borneo present (Brunei present, Sabah present, Sarawak present); Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present), Bako Nat. Park present, Beaufort present, Binatang present, Bintulu present, Lahad Datu present, Malacca present, Sibu present, Simanggang present, Tenom present, Trengganu present
Malesia: Malay Peninsula (Trengganu, Malacca) and Borneo (Brunei; Sabah: Beaufort, Tenom, Lahad Datu; Sarawak: Bako Nat. Park, Simanggang, Binatang, Sibu, Bintulu).

Citation

ANDERSON 1963 – In: Gard. Bull. Sing.: 170
SMYTHIES 1965: Common Sarawak Trees: 9: pl. 2
Engl. 1883: p. 237. – In: DC., Mon. Phan. 4: t. 5, f. 6-8
MEUER 1967: Bot. News Bull. F. D. Sandakan: 27: pl.