Melanochyla minutiflora

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Melanochyla minutiflora

Description

Tree 9-13½ m high and 15-30 cm ø. Bark grey or brown, scaly. Branchlets puberulous. Leaves chartaceous, elliptic-oblong, 10½-16½ by 3¼-5 cm, glabrous above, slightly puberulous on midrib and nerves beneath; Flowers (♂) yellow, sessile, 2-2½ mm long. Petals elliptic-oblong, or oblanceolate, 1-1½ by ½-⅔ mm, slightly longitudinally thickened at the central part inside. Stamens 1⅓ mm; Panicles terminal or axillary, 5-6 cm long, puberulous;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Borneo present (Sabah present), Lamag present, Sandakan present, Tawau present
Malesia: Borneo (Sabah: Sandakan, Lamag, Tawau).