Symplocos henschelii
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Description
Shrub, or mostly a tree, to 30 m;
Leaves glabrous, sometimes the midrib above and underside hairy, 7-17(-22) by 3-7½ cm;
Ovary 3-4-celled;
Fruit obovoid to spindle-shaped, 3-5 by 2-3 cm;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Sumatera (Sumatera present); Thailand (Thailand present ‒ present), Burma present, Continental SE. Asia present, W. Java present, West Malesia present
Continental SE. Asia (Burma, Thailand, Indo-China) and West Malesia (Sumatra, Malay Peninsula, W. Java, Borneo), a distinct subspecies in Thailand.
Notes
Additional material has shown that S. stenosepala STEEN. cannot be upheld and, moreover, that S. maingayi CLARKE deserves only varietal rank.
Citation
Koord. 1914 – In: Atlas: t. 390
Clarke 1906 – In: Bull. Herb. Boiss.: 750
BACK. & BAKH.F. 1965 – In: Fl. Java: 204
NOOT. 1975: p. 37. – In: Leid. Bot. Ser.: pl. lg.
STEEN. 1948: p. 440. – In: Bull. Bot. Gard. Btzg: f. 2 a-1
BRAND 1901 – In: Pfl. R. Heft: 89
Clarke 1959 – In: Nova Guinea n.s.: 210
STEEN. 1972: Mt. Fl. Java: pl. 52-3