Guioa discolor

Primary tabs

Guioa discolor

Description

Tree, 6-13 m high, dbh 15-20 cm; Branchlets sericeous when young; Leaves 3-5-jugate; Inflorescences axillary, branching basally and along the usually flattened, brown sericeous, 1.3-9.5 cm long axis; Flowers c. 4.2 mm in diam.; Sepals 5, ovate, margin pilose, with glands, outside and inside (sub)glabrous, green to pink; Petals 5, elliptic to obovate, 2.5-2.7 by 0.6-1 mm, white to pink; Stamens 8; Fruits immature.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Philippines (Philippines present), Luzon present, Samar present
Malesia: Philippines (Luzon, Samar).

Citation

Radlk. 1914 – In: Philipp. J. Sc., Bot.: 446
Merr. 1923 – In: Enum. Philipp. Flow. Pl.: 507
Radlk. 1933 – In: Engl., Pflanzenr. 98: 1168
Welzen 1989: p. 203. – In: Leiden Bot. Series: f. 78