Gluta macrocarpa

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Gluta macrocarpa

Description

Tree up to 45 m high and 80 cm ø. Bark grey or rusty, smooth or scaly. Leaves sub-coriaceous, elliptic-oblong to -lanceolate, or obovate-oblong, 10-19 by 3-8½ cm, glabrous; Petals white, yellow at the base, almost valvate except at the apical part, lanceolate to linear, 4-7 by ¾-l mm, puberulous outside, sparsely hairy and papillose at the lower half inside. Stamens usually c. 20 with a few filamentous staminodes, very rarely up to 28, 5½-6 nim; Panicles up to 15 cm long, pubescent; Ovary broadly ellipsoid, c. 1 mm ø, glabrous;

Distribution

Anap present, Asia-Tropical: Borneo present (Kalimantan present, Sabah present, Sarawak present); Malaya present, Balikpapan present, Langkawi Is present, Nunukan I present, Perak present, Selangor present, Tawau present, Trengganu present
Malesia: Malaya (Langkawi Is., Perak, Trengganu, Selangor) and Borneo (Sabah: Tawau, Nunukan I.; Sarawak: Anap; Kalimantan: Balikpapan).

Citation

Ridl. 1922 – In: Fl. Mal. Pen.: 530
Merr. 1929: Pl. Elm. Born.: 42