Swintonia foxworthyi

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Swintonia foxworthyi

Description

Tree up to 40 m high and 1 m Ø. Bark reddish, dark brown, smooth, or slightly flaky. Leaves chartaceous to subcoriaceous, elliptic, narrowly elliptic, rarely lanceolate, 5-15 by 1½-5½ cm, glabrous; Flowers (only bisexual ones seen) white. Petals obovate, rarely elliptic, 2-3 by 1-1½ mm, contracted at the base, sparsely puberulous on both surfaces at the apical part, usually also papillose at the base inside. Stamens c. 1 mm; Panicles up to 19 cm long, sparsely puberulous, glabrescent, or glabrous; Ovary sub-globose, c. ⅔ mm Ø;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Borneo present (Brunei present, Sabah present, Sarawak present); Philippines (Philippines present); Sumatera (Sumatera present), Beaufort present, Bintulu present, Bt Batu present, Bt Gaharu present, Kapit present, Limbang present, Mt Pulgar present, Palawan present, Sandakan present
Malesia: Sumatra (W. Coast), Borneo (Brunei; Sarawak: Bt Batu, Bt Gaharu, Limbang, Bintulu, Kapit; Sabah: Beaufort, Sandakan), and the Philippines (Mt Pulgar, Palawan).

Citation

Merr. 1923 – In: En. Philip.: 469