Streblus sect. Taxotrophis
Description
Trees or shrubs, mostly (or sometimes) with lateral or terminal thorns, dioecious.
Leaves distichous;
stipules free, lateral.
Inflorescences unisexual, the bracts basally attached;
Distribution
from Sri Lanka to New Guinea present
This section comprises six species and ranges from Sri Lanka to New Guinea.
Morphology
All species bear thorns and/or have spinose-dentate leaf margins. The thorns are formed terminally on leafy twigs or are lateral. In some species thorns appear to be present on all specimens, in others they may be absent on individuals, or regionally, or very rare (S. macrophyllus and S. perakensis). It is difficult to tell from herbarium material whether or not the drupes are dehiscent.
This section is also distinct by the indumentum, occurring on the twigs unilaterally only or unilateral more densely and on the petioles mostly adaxially only or adaxially more densely.
This section is also distinct by the indumentum, occurring on the twigs unilaterally only or unilateral more densely and on the petioles mostly adaxially only or adaxially more densely.