Dichrostachys cinerea subsp. malesiana
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Description
Shrub or small tree, 2-8 m high, diameter of stem 5 cm or less.
Leaves distichous or fasciculate with small stipules on short-shoots;
Stipules filiform, c. 3 mm.
Inflorescence:
Stamens 3.5-5 mm, in proximal flowers violet, in distal ones pale yellow with a light yellow gland.
Ovary sessile, hairy in the distal part.
Seeds light brown, glossy, subcircular in outline, biconvex, c. 4 mm in diameter, areole 2.6 by 2 mm, suborbicular;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Jawa (Jawa present); Lesser Sunda Is. present; Sumatera (Sumatera present), Australasia: Northern Territory (Northern Territory present), Flores present, Lombok present, Madura present, Moa present, N Queensland present, S Thailand present, Sumbawa present, Timor present, Wetar present
S Thailand, Australia (Northern Territory, N Queensland); in Malesia: Java, Madura, Lesser Sunda Islands (Flores, Lombok, Sumbawa, Wetar, Moa, Timor). Miquel (I.c., 1860) mentioned it for Sumatra.