Crypteronia macrophylla

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Crypteronia macrophylla

Description

Tree up to 20 (?) m. Leaves ovate-oblong to lanceolate, (20-)25-45 by 7-15 cm, usually emarginate, sometimes rounded at the base, acute to ± acuminate at the top, tip obtuse, glabrous, coriaceous, distinctly and ± prominently reticulate beneath; Inflorescence ramiflorous, 45-90 cm, always branched up to the third order, without distinct peduncle, pendulous, woody, with spreading axes; Sepals deltoid, c. 1 mm, inside with a longitudinal densely puberulous crest. Stamens 4; Ovary pyramidal, 4-celled, 1-2 mm, puberulous, more or less episeptally impressed; Capsule (sub)globose to pyramidal, 2-2½ by 2-2½ mm; Ovules inserted on the somewhat conically elevated edges between the bases of the septs. Seeds c. ½ by c. ¼ mm, apical and basal part of wing as long as or slightly longer than the seed proper.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Borneo present (Sarawak present), Kuching present, Kutai present, Sambas region present, Sibu present
Malesia: Borneo: Sarawak (Kuching, Sibu), Kutai (several localities), Sambas region. .

Notes

The large, complex, woody inflorescence which is always produced below the leaves on older nodes is characteristic.