Description
Erect shrub, up to 2 m high.
Leaves charta-ceous or subcoriaceous, elliptic, lanceolate, obovate-oblong, or oblanceolate, 20-30 by 8.5-16 cm;
Inflorescences in the axils of foliage leaves, racemi- or paniculiform, up to 5 cm long, pubescent;
Stamens in 2 whorls, upper row 6-10, lower 10-14;
Capsules slender, rather long, 15-25 cm long, slightly curved or twisted, 4-angular, densely pubescent or velvety.
Seeds oblong, 4-5 by 2 mm, trigonous, coarsely granulate.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present), Chawng present, Malacca present, Pahang present, Peninsular Thailand present, Perak present, Selangor present
Peninsular Thailand (Chawng), and Malesia: Malay Peninsula (Perak, Pahang, Selangor, Malacca).
Citation
SOLEREDER 1889 – In: Bot. Jahrb.: 430 & 506
SCHMIDT 1935 – In: E. & P., Nat. Pfl. Fam., ed. 2, 16b: 232
DING HOU 1981: p. 318. – In: Blumea: f. 2, 17, 18, 43, 44, 61, 70B.
Ridl. 1924 – In: Fl. Mal. Pen.: 16
KING & GAMBLE 1912 – In: J. As. Soc. Beng.: 29