Symplocos ophirensis CLARKE subsp. cumingiana (BRAND) NOOT. var. pachyphylla (MERR) NOOT.

Primary tabs

Symplocos ophirensis CLARKE subsp. cumingiana (BRAND) NOOT. var. pachyphylla (MERR) NOOT.

Description

Small tree, 6 m. Leaves 10-20 by 6-8 ½ cm; Flowers in a spike. Stamens more than 75, up to 9 mm. Ovary glabrous, 2¼ mm high; Fruit ovoid, c. 10 by 6-8 mm, the stone as in var. cumingiana, but several ridges totally lacking in the upper half, c. 1 by 5-6 mm. Seed ovoid or curved, and then as the embryo with an angle of about 90° beneath the middle.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Philippines (Philippines present), Leyte present, Mindanao present
Malesia: Philippines (Leyte and Mindanao), 2 collections.