Brassaiopsis polyacantha
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Description
A small sparsely branched tree with buttresses, to c. 13 m;
Leaves palmately lobed, clustered at the ends of the shoots;
Inflorescence a large panicle often overtopped by sympodial innovations;
Petals 5, triangular, 2.5 mm long.
Stamens 2 mm long, anthers oblong, 1 mm.
Ovary obconic, c. 2 mm high;
Fruit globose, 6-8 mm ø, with a persistent calyx rim and stylar column.
Distribution
Andamans present, Asia-Tropical: India present; Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present), Burma present, Kedah present, Nepal present, Pahang present, SE. Asia present, Selangor present
Widespread in SE. Asia (India, Nepal, Burma, Andamans); in Malesia: Malay Peninsula (from Kedah to Selangor and Pahang).