Description
Leaves:
Inflorescence lax, 10-17 cm long, c. 8-flowered;
Sepals leafy, elliptic, 9-20(-30) by 2-6(-10) mm, 2-4.5 times as long as wide, apex acuminate, tomentose.
Stamens inserted at 1-1.5(-2) cm from corolla base;
Ovaries densely pubescent, 0.5-2 mm long;
Fruit a solitary follicle, oblong/ellipsoid, apex rounded, base cordate, 10-26 by 3-7 cm.
Seeds ellipsoid;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Jawa (Jawa present); Lesser Sunda Is. present (Bali present); Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Sumatera (Sumatera present)
Malesia: Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands (Bali).
Citation
Miq. 1857 – In: Fl. Ned. Ind.: 430
D.J. Middleton 1999 – In: Fl. Thailand: 103
Backer & Bakh.f. 1965 – In: Fl. Java: 239
I.M. Turner 1997 – In: Gard. Bull. Singapore 47: 124
Bakh.f. 1950 – In: Blumea: 387
Rudjiman 1987 – In: Agric. Univ. Wageningen Pap.: 27
