Alectryon glaber

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Alectryon glaber

Description

(Shrub or) tree up to 3 m high, dbh c. 30 cm; Leaves 2-5(-7)-jugate; Inflorescences axillary, racemes, panicles, (or thyrses), up to 9 cm long, simple or with some up to 4 cm long branches, few-flowered, hairy; Sepals c. 1 mm high, subconnate, inside hairy. Petals absent. Stamens: Fruits 2-lobed and then often cordate (or only 1 lobe developed), cannate and shouldered (to slightly grooved), densely to sparsely fulvous (or ferrugineous tomentose or tomentellous), the lobes almost globular, 0.9-1 by 0.75-0.9 cm;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Lesser Sunda Is. present; Philippines (Philippines present); Sulawesi (Sulawesi present), Ceram present, E Java present, Flores present, Kai Islands present, Luzon present, Mindanao present, Mindoro present, Negros present, Piilawan present, Sulu Islands present, Sumbawa present
Malesia: E Java, Lesser Sunda Islands (Sumbawa, Flores, Roti), Philippines (Piilawan, Mindoro, Luzon, Negros, Sulu Islands, Mindanao), Celebes, Ceram, Kai Islands.

Uses

Once reported as a good timber.

Notes

The 'A. celebicus ' form differs only in being far more hairy.

Citation

Koord. & Valeton 1903 – In: Bijdr. Booms. Java: 203
Backer & Bakh. f. 1965 – In: Fl. Java: 139
Radlk. 1933 – In: Engl., Pflanzenr. 98: 994
Merr. 1923 – In: Enum. Philipp. Flow. Pl.: 506
Radlk. 1933 – In: Engl., Pflanzenr. 98: 992
Radlk. 1933 – In: Engl., Pflanzenr. 98: 990
Merr. 1923 – In: Enum. Philipp. Flow. Pl.: 506
Radlk. 1933 – In: Engl., Pflanzenr. 98: 993
Radlk. 1933 – In: Engl., Pflanzenr. 98: 994
Radlk. 1913 – In: Atlas: pl. 126
Leenh. 1988: p. 323. – In: Blumea: f. 2
Merr. 1923 – In: Enum. Philipp. Flow. Pl.: 506
Radlk. 1933 – In: Engl., Pflanzenr. 98: 989
Radlk. 1922 – In: Fedde, Rep. 18: 341
Radlk. 1933 – In: Engl., Pflanzenr. 98: 994