Tabernaemontana corymbosa
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Description
Tree to 12 m tall, to 20 cm dbh.
Bark dark brown, shallowly fissured.
Branchlets lenticellate, glabrous, rarely pubescent.
Leaves opposite;
Inflorescence 2−25-flowered, 5−13 cm long, glabrous to pubescent, axes lenticellate or not;
Sepals ovate, 2−5 by 1−2.5 mm, 1-2 times as long as wide, apex acute to rounded, ciliate, otherwise glabrous outside.
Stamens inserted in the upper half of corolla tube;
Ovaries glabrous or with a few hairs, 1.5−2 mm long;
Fruit of 2 separate follicles, red or yellow, 2−4.5 by 0.6−3 cm, with or without ridges, 5−20-seeded.
Seeds with a red or orange aril.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; Laos (Laos present); Lesser Sunda Is. present; Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present, Singapore present); Sumatera (Sumatera present); Thailand (Thailand present); Vietnam (Vietnam present), Burma present, southern China present
Southern China, Burma, Thailand, LaosVietnam; in Malesia: Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, Lesser Sunda Islands.
Citation
D.J. Middleton 2004 – In: Tree Fl. Sabah & Sarawak: 53
Beaman et al. 2001 – In: Pl. Mt. Kinabalu: 111
Ridl. 1923: Fl. Malay Penins.: 342
Wall. 2001 – In: PROSEA: 534
Ridl. 1923 – In: Fl. Malay Penins.: 342
Burkill 1935 – In: Dict. Econ. Prod. Malay Penins.: 942
Corner 1988 – In: Wayside Trees Malaya, ed. 3: 161
Kochummen 1997: Tree Fl. Pasoh Forest: 152
Leeuwenb. 1988 – In: Agric. Univ. Wageningen Pap.: 5
Burkill 1935 – In: Dict. Econ. Prod. Malay Penins.: 942
Miq. 1857 – In: Fl. Ned. Ind.: 420
D.J. Middleton 1999 – In: Fl. Thailand: 31
Ridl. 1923 – In: Fl. Malay Penins.: 343
Kessler & Sidiy. 1994: Trees Balikpapan-Samarinda: 54
I.M. Turner 1997 – In: Gard. Bull. Singapore 47: 129
Wall. 1991 – In: Rev. Tabernaemontana: 138
Ridl. 1923 – In: Fl. Malay Penins.: 342
Corner 1952 – In: Wayside Trees Malaya, ed. 2: 151
Whitmore 1972 – In: Tree Fl. Malaya: 23
I.M. Turner 1993 – In: Gard. Bull. Singapore 45: 36
Ridl. 1923: Fl. Malay Penins.: 341
Whitmore 1973 – In: Tree Fl. Malaya: 23