Description
Tree to 7 m, 20 cm Ø.
Flowers cauliflorous, nocturnal, white, slightly fragrant.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical, Southern America: Panamá (Panamá present), many tropical countries cultivated
Panama, cultivated in many tropical countries, and in many parts of Malesia in parks and gardens. With its waxy-fleshy, candle-like fruits a showy plant.
Citation
SEEM 1854: Bot. Voy. Herald: 182: t. 32
BACK. & BAKH. f. 1965 – In: Fl. Java: 542
STEEN. 1927: Thesis: 1008
SEEM 1928 – In: Bull. Jard. Bot. Btzg: 272
