Gluta elegans
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Description
Tree up to 20 m high and 26 cm ø.
Bark grey, smooth.
Leaves subcoriaceous or coriaceous, elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, rarely oblanceolate, 6-17½ by 2-6½ cm, glabrous;
Petals white, imbricate, narrowly lanceolate or oblanceolate, 11-15 by 1¾-2 mm, glabrous, except the ciliate margin and papillose at the central part inside;
Stamens 5, 6-7½ mm;
Panicles 4-7 cm long, sparsely puberulous;
Ovary subglobose or obliquely ovoid, c. 1 mm ø, glabrous;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present), Kelantan present, Langkawi present, Penang present, Peninsular Thailand present, Perak present, Trengganu present
Peninsular Thailand and Malesia: Malay Peninsula (Perak, Kelantan, Trengganu, Penang, Langkawi).
Notes
Flowers were deformed in some specimens; such a flower, 3-6 mm long, consists of petal-like floral parts.
Citation
KURZ 1877 – In: Fl. Burma: 310
King 1896 – In: J. As. Soc. Beng.: 481
Hook.f. 1935: Dict.: 1079
Corner 1940: Ways. Trees: 118: f. 25
ENGL 1883 – In: DC., Mon. Phan. 4: 225
Wall. 1829: Cat.: n. 1003
BURK. 1931 – In: Gard. Bull. S. S.: 227
KOCHUM. 1964 – In: Mal. For. Rec.: 264
Ridl. 1922 – In: Fl. Mal. Pen.: 527