Chilocarpus beccarianus

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Chilocarpus beccarianus

Description

Large woody climber to 15 m high. Branchlets glabrous, rarely puberulent. Leaves: Inflorescence terminal and axillary in uppermost leaf axils (sometimes these uppermost leaves greatly reduced in size), forming a terminal panicle mostly longer than subtending leaves, occasionally shorter, 3.2-13.7 cm long, lax, puberulent to completely glabrous except occasionally for a few hairs on bracts; Stamens inserted at 2-3.1 mm from corolla base which is 0.3-0.4 of tube length; Ovary 1.1-1.3 mm long; Fruit fusiform but with one or more slight constrictions, 5.5-10.5 by 1.5-2.7 cm. Seeds quite large but no undamaged ones measured.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Borneo present
Malesia: Borneo.

Citation

Coode et al. 1996: Checklist Pl. Brunei: 26
Markgr. 1971 – In: Blumea: 163
Leeuwenb. 2002 – In: Syst. Geogr. Pl.: 130