Gloeocarpus patentivalvis
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Description
Tree, 8-15 m high, dbh 4-10 cm.
Leaves 5-14-jugate;
Inflorescences:
Sepals:
Petals rhombic, 0.5-0.8 by 0.3-0.7 mm.
Stamens:
Fruits with (l-)3 developed seeds, 1.3-1.5 cm high by 1-1.3 cm broad, stipe 2-3 mm high, yellowish brown, with sticky sap.
Seeds 7-8.8 by 4.5-6.5 mm;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Philippines (Philippines present), Leyte present, Luzon present, Mindanao present, Samar present
Malesia: Philippines (Mindanao, Samar, Leyte, Luzon).
Notes
This species shows a clinal variation in the crenation and more or less in the size of the leaflets. In Mindanao, crenation is almost absent and the leaflets are large, on Samar the apex is crenate, and on Luzon the leaflets are completely crenate and they are usually smaller than those of Mindanao.