Streblus ilicifolius
Description
Shrub or tree up to 10(-20) m tall, much-branched, often with up to 4.5 cm long lateral (or terminal) thorns, dioecious.
Leaves distichous;
stipules 0.3-0.8 cm long, free or basally connate, (sub)glabrous, caducous;
flowers 1-3(-15);
flowers numerous;
stamens 2-2.5 mm long, anthers 0.6-0.8 mm long;
ovary 1-1.5 mm long, style 0.5-1 mm long, stigmas 2-3.5 mm long;
Distribution
Ambon present, Asia-Temperate: Hainan (Hainan present), Asia-Tropical: Bangladesh (Bangladesh present); Borneo present; Lesser Sunda Is. present; Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Maluku (Maluku present); New Guinea present; Philippines (Philippines present); Sulawesi (Sulawesi present); Thailand (Thailand present), Basilan present, Batanta Island present, Buton Island present, Ceram present, Halmahera present, Key Islands present, Luzon present, Mindoro present, Myanmar present, Northern present, Palawan present, Panay present, South China present, Sula Islands present, Sulu Islands present, Timor present
Bangladesh, Myanmar, South China (incl. Hainan), Indochina, Thailand; in Malesia: Sumatra (northern), Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Philippines (Palawan, Luzon, Mindoro, Basilan, Panay, Sulu Islands), Celebes (also Buton Island), Lesser Sunda Islands (? Timor), Moluccas (Halmahera, Ambon, Ceram, Sula Islands, Key Islands), New Guinea (Batanta Island).
Morphology
1On the continent, in the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo, the plants often bear thorns, the margin of the lamina is usually spinulose dentate, and the pistillate inflorescences contain usually 1-3 flowers, whereas in the Philippines, Celebes, the Moluccas, and New Guinea, the lamina is often entire and only the acumen spinulose. Moreover, the plants are usually without thorns and the pistillate inflorescences often bear more flowers, often up to c. 6, less commonly up to c. 15.
3The presence of this species in Timor could not be verified at L.
2Terminal thorns are rare in Malesia; they are mainly found in Thailand.
Citation
Ridl. 1924 – In: Fl. Malay Penins.: 322
Corner 1975: p. 5. – In: Phytomorphology: t. 2, 3F
Corner 1939 – In: Gard. Bull. Singapore 10: 288
Keng 1969: Malaysian Seed Pl.: f. 83
S. Vidal 1940: Wayside Trees Malaya, ed. 1: 693
Corner 1962 – In: Gard. Bull. Singapore 19: 229
Merr. 1917: Interpr. Herb. Amboin.: 188
Go 2000 – In: Tree Fl. Sabah & Sarawak: 333