Gymnacranthera forbesii
Description
Tree 5-35 m.
Leaves chartaceous or coriaceous, elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, widest at or below the middle, 14-33 by (5.5-)6-13 cm, base (short-)attenuate to broadly rounded, apex (acute-)acuminate, blade coarsely undulate on drying, margin not revolute;
Inflorescences paniculate, with (grey-)rusty ± woolly hairs 0.2-0.4 mm long;
Flowers grey-rusty pubescent inside and outside, hairs 0.1-0.2 mm long.
Fruits 4-25 per infructescence, ellipsoid-oblong, 1.8-2.4 by 1-1.4 cm, (early) glabrescent or short-pubescent, hairs 0.1 mm;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present, Singapore present); Sumatera (Sumatera present), S Thailand present
S Thailand; Malesia: Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo. Somewhat arbitrarily two varieties can be distinguished, of which one confined to Borneo.
Citation
J. Sinclair 1958: p. 101. – In: Gard. Bull. Sing.: f. 1A, C
Ridl. 1924 – In: Fl. Malay Penins.: 61
Gamble 1912 – In: Mat. Fl. Malay Penins.: 224
W. J. de Wilde 2000 – In: Tree Fl. Sabah & Sarawak: 350
R.T.A. Schouten 1986 – In: Blumea: 472, 474
J. Sinclair 1958: p. 441. – In: Gard. Bull. Sing.: f. 55, pl. XIII B