Tournefortia argentea

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Tournefortia argentea

Description

Tree or shrub, 1-10 m high. Leaves crowded at apex of branches; petiole 5-25 mm long, winged; blade oblanceolate to obovate, 10-20 by 3-8 cm, with entire margin, base long tapering towards petiole, apex obtuse to broadly rounded, nerves more or less distinct, both sides greyish white tomentose. Inflorescences terminal, subcorymbose to paniculoid, branched several times successively in dicho-, tricho- and tetrachotomies, branches of last order scorpioid cymes, peduncle 5-15 cm long. Flowers numerous in two ranks, sessile. Stamens: filaments inserted 0.4-0.8 mm above base of tube, anthers exserted for half their length. Fruit depressed-globose, 5-8 mm in diameter, with spongy wall.

Distribution

Asia-Temperate: Hainan (Hainan present); Taiwan (Taiwan present), Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; Jawa (Jawa present); Lesser Sunda Is. (Bali present); Maluku (Maluku present); New Guinea present; Philippines (Philippines present); Sulawesi (Sulawesi present); Sumatera (Sumatera present); Vietnam (Vietnam present), Coasts of E Africa present, Indian Ocean present, Lombok present, New Caledonia present, Ryukyu present, Timor present, northern Australia to Polynesia present
Coasts of E Africa, across the Indian Ocean, Ryukyu, Taiwan, Hainan, Vietnam, northern Australia to Polynesia, New Caledonia; Malesia: Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Philippines, Celebes, Lesser Sunda Islands (Bali, Lombok, Timor), Moluccas, New Guinea.

Citation

C.B.Rob. 1909 – In: Philipp. J. Sc., Bot: 693
Backer & Bakh. f. 1965 – In: Fl. Java: 461
Ridl. 1923 – In: Fl. Malay Penins.: 440
Ng 1989 – In: Tree Fl. Malaya: 64
I.M. Johnston 1951 – In: J. Arnold Arbor. 32: 121
Dayang Awa 1996: p. 95. – In: Tree Fl. Sabah & Sarawak: f. 1.