Knema conferta
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Description
Tree 10-25 m.
Leaves chartaceous to coriaceous, oblong to lanceolate, 10-30 by 3-12 cm, base subcordate to cuneate, apex subobtuse or acute-acuminate;
Inflorescences:
Fruits 1-5 per infructescence, subglobose, ellipsoid or obovoid, (1.5-)2-4 by (1—)2—3 cm, hairs 0.5 mm long, later on largely shed;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Borneo present (Sabah present, Sarawak present); Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present, Singapore present); Sumatera (Sumatera present), Bangka present, Billiton present, Djambi present, E Coast present, Indragiri present, Johore present, Malacca present, Nunukan Is present, Pahang present, Palembang present, Perak present, Riau Arch present, Tapanuli present, W, E, & NE Kalimantan present
Malesia: Sumatra (Tapanuli, E Coast, Indragiri, Djambi, Palembang, Bangka, Billiton, Riau Arch.), Peninsular Malaysia (Perak, Pahang, Malacca, Johore), Singapore, Borneo (Sarawak, Sabah, W, E, & NE Kalimantan, Nunukan Is.).
Taxonomy
Knema conferta is a homogeneous species which, in the vegetative state, may be confused with K. laurina, K. oblongata, K. scortechinii, or K. pubiflora, all different in details of male flowers and indumentum; K. pubiflora is similar in the dotted lower leaf surface with almost identical indumentum, but the perianth is hairy inside. The fruits are variable, in size as well as in shape. They are more or less ellipsoid, but some specimens from Nunukan Is. and the Leila Forest Reserve (Sabah) differ by their nearly globose fruits, 2.5-3.5 cm in diameter, with conspicuously thick (4-5 mm) dry pericarp.