Buchanania splendens

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Buchanania splendens

Description

Tree up to 30 m. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, ovate-oblong, or oblanceolate, 8-25 by 3-8 cm, slightly hairy on both surfaces when young, glabrescent, and sometimes seemingly glabrous on older ones; Flowers white. Petals elliptic-oblong, 2-3½ by 1¼-1½ mm. Stamens 1½-2½ mm; Panicles 6½-10 cm long, hairy, glabrescent;

Distribution

Andaman present, Asahan present, Asia-Tropical: Borneo present (Sabah present, Sarawak present); Sumatera (Sumatera present), Bencoolen present, Kuching present, Lahad Datu present, Nicobar Is present, SE. Borneo present, Simalur present
Andaman and Nicobar Is., and in Malesia: Sumatra (Asahan, Bencoolen, Simalur) and Borneo (SE. Borneo: Martapura; Sabah: Lahad Datu; Sarawak: Kuching).

Citation

King 1896 – In: J. As. Soc. Beng.: 462