Gymnacranthera
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Description
Shrubs or trees, dioecious.
Leaves rarely brittle when dry, lower surface pale, not papillose, dots absent;
Inflorescences paniculate, branched from near the base (female more condensed);
Flowers short-pedicellate, bracteole absent.
Fruits ellipsoid (globose in G. canarica, S India), 2-3.5 cm long, hairy or glabrescent;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Jawa (Jawa absent); Lesser Sunda Is. absent; Philippines (Philippines absent), E New Guinea present, Palawan absent, S India present, S Thailand present
The genus has 7 species, of which one, G. canarica (King) Warb., in S India, and 6 in S Thailand and Malesia east to E New Guinea; not known from Java, the Lesser Sunda Islands, and Palawan (Philippines).
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Citation
W. J. de Wilde 2000 – In: Tree Fl. Sabah & Sarawak: 343
J. Sinclair 1958 – In: Gard. Bull. Sing.: 96
J. Sinclair 1958 – In: Gard. Bull. Sing.: 434
R.T.A. Schouten 1986 – In: Blumea: 451
Warb. 1895 – In: Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges.: 82
1856 – In: Prodr.: 200
King 1891 – In: Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Calc.: 304
Gamble 1912 – In: Mat. Fl. Malay Penins.: 222
Miq. 1858 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 63
Warb. 1897: Mon. Myrist.: 131
Ridl. 1924 – In: Fl. Malay Penins.: 61