Micrechites polyanthus
Description
Leaves:
Inflorescence axillary and terminal, 1-16.5 cm long;
Sepals ovate to oblong, 1.1-3 times as long as wide, 1-3.4 by 0.7-1.5 mm, apex acute to rounded, glabrous to tomentose;
Stamens inserted 0.7-1.6 mm from base, 0.2-0.5 of tube length;
Ovaries 0.6-1.4 mm long, pubescent;
Fruit villous to glabrous, 10-27 cm by 2.3-7 mm.
Seeds 1.9-2.5 cm by 2.1-5 mm;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; East Himalaya (Bhutan present); India present; Jawa (Jawa present); Laos (Laos present); Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Sumatera (Sumatera present); Thailand (Thailand present); Vietnam (Vietnam present), Burma present, Nepal present, southern China present
India, Nepal, Bhutan, Burma, Southern China, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos; in Malesia: Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Java.
Morphology
This species is extremely variable particularly in leaf shape and size and in indumentum.
Citation
Tsiang & P.T. Li 1977 – In: Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin.: 194
Backer & Bakh.f. 1965 – In: Fl. Java: 234
Tsiang 1934 – In: Sunyatsenia: 126
Hook.f. 1882 – In: Fl. Brit. India: 671
D.J. Middleton 1994 – In: Blumea: 82
Chater 1982 – In: Enum. Flow. Pl. Nepal: 83
King & Gamble 1907 – In: J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal: 504
Spire 1905: Contr. Apocyn.: 48
D.J. Middleton 1999 – In: Fl. Thailand: 116
Tsiang & P.T. Li 1977 – In: Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin.: 189
Tsiang & P.T. Li 1977 – In: Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin.: 194
Ridl. 1923 – In: Fl. Malay Penins.: 368
Lý 1986 – In: Feddes Repert.: 673
Pit. 1933 – In: Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 3: 1260
I.M. Turner 1997 – In: Gard. Bull. Singapore 47: 126
M. Gangop. & Chakr. 1992 – In: J. Econ. Taxon. Bot.: 46
Lý 1986 – In: Feddes Repert.: 673
King & Gamble 1907 – In: J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal: 505