Spondias philippinensis
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Description
Hemi-epiphyte, recorded as a liana up to 30 m high and 7 cm ø, sometimes an epiphytic shrub or a terrestrial shrub up to 2½ m high and 3 cm ø, a small tree up to 12 m high and 10 cm ø, rarely a large tree up to 45 m high with buttresses rarely present up to ⅓ m high, 1 m wide, 10 cm thick;
Leaves 1-4 pairs;
Inflorescences appearing before the leaves or accompanied by young leaves, paniculate, terminal and/or axillary, 8-15 cm long, puberulous, glabrescent, or almost glabrous;
Flowers white.
Petals elliptic-lanceolate, sometimes obovate-oblong, 2½-3 by 1 mm.
Stamens 1¾-3½ mm;
Ovary subglobose, ½-¾ mm ø, 1-celled;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; New Guinea present; Philippines (Philippines present); Sumatera (Sumatera present), Bomberai Peninsula present, Leyte present, Luzon present, Mindanao present, Mindoro present, Mt Si-anak-anak present, Samar present, Sepik Distr present, Sibolangit present, Simalur present, Vogelkop Peninsula present
Malesia: Sumatra (Simalur, Sibolangit, Mt Si-anak-anak), Borneo (scattered), Philippines (Luzon, Mindoro, Samar, Leyte, Mindanao), New Guinea (Vogelkop Peninsula, Bomberai Peninsula, Sepik Distr.).