Adenanthera borneensis

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Adenanthera borneensis

Description

Tree to 21 m high, 100 cm girth. Branchlets glabrous. Leaves: Stipules not seen. Petals lanceolate, acute, 2.5 mm long, puberulous towards the apex. Stamens c. 4 mm; Ovary 1.5 mm, glabrous; Seeds up to 16, glossy red with a dark spot, suborbicular to broadly transversely elliptic, 7 by 8 by 5 mm, biconvex, dark spot c. 3 mm high;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Borneo present (Kalimantan present, Sarawak present)
Malesia: Borneo (Sarawak, Kalimantan).

Notes

Known from three collections only.

Citation

Cockburn 1976 – In: Trees Sabah: 185
Nielsen 1992: p. 97. – In: Nordic J. Bot.: f. 8