Chilocarpus costatus
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Description
Large woody climber to 25 m high.
Branchlets glabrous.
Leaves:
Inflorescence axillary, 2-13 cm long;
Stamens inserted at 2.1-3.8 mm from corolla base which is 0.2-0.4 of tube length;
Ovary 1-2 mm long;
Fruit ellipsoid or globular, glabrous, 2.2-8.9 by 2-4.2 by 2-4 cm.
Seeds 5.6-8 by 4.5-5.8 by 1.8-5.4 mm, reported on one specimen to be purple.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Sumatera (Sumatera present), Peninsular Thailand present
Peninsular Thailand; in Malesia: Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo.
Taxonomy
This is a very variable species in both leaf and flower characters. The material of this species cited by Leeuwenberg (2002) for New Guinea is Melodinus acutiflorus.
Citation
D.J. Middleton 1999 – In: Fl. Thailand: 26
Kerr 1939 – In: Craib, Fl. Siam. 2: 425
King & Gamble 1907 – In: J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal: 406
Ridl. 1923 – In: Fl. Malay Penins.: 326
Leeuwenb. 2002 – In: Syst. Geogr. Pl.: 133
Kerr 1939 – In: Craib, Fl. Siam. 2: 424
I.M. Turner 1997 – In: Gard. Bull. Singapore 47: 125
Markgr. 1971 – In: Blumea: 161