Kopsia arborea

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Kopsia arborea

Description

Tree to 14 m tall, to 30 cm dbh. Bark grey; Branchlets glabrous or sparsely puberulent when young, sparsely lenticellate or not. Leaves: Inflorescence dichasial, 4.8-15.3 cm long with axes 2-12.5 cm long and branches 1.2-2.7 mm wide, glabrous to sparsely puberulent; Sepals ovate, narrowly ovate or oblong, 1.8-6.3 by 0.6-1.9 mm, 1-3.7 times as long as wide, apex obtuse to acute, ciliate, glabrous to sparsely puberulent outside, glabrous or puberulent on upper half inside. Stamens inserted 18-32.3 mm from corolla base which is 0.8-0.9 of corolla tube length in rehydrated flowers; Ovaries 0.9-1.2 mm high, glabrous to sparsely pubescent all over; Fruit oblique ellipsoid or subglobose, blue-black, 14-42.4 by 5.5-15.5 by 8-22 mm, only one carpel developing, spur absent, glabrous.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; India present; Jawa (Jawa present); Lesser Sunda Is. present; Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Philippines (Philippines present); Sulawesi (Sulawesi present); Sumatera (Sumatera present); Thailand (Thailand present); Vietnam (Vietnam present), Australasia: Queensland (Queensland present), Nicobar Islands present, southern China present
India (Andaman and Nicobar Islands), Southern China, Thailand, Vietnam, Queensland; in Malesia: Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Philippines, Sulawesi, Lesser Sunda Islands.

Citation

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Markgr. 1973 – In: Blumea: 421
M. Gangop. & Chakr. 1992 – In: J. Econ. Taxon. Bot.: 41
Sleesen 1959 – In: Fl. Mal. Misc. Rec.: 9
D.J. Middleton 2004 – In: Harvard Pap. Bot.: 97
Backer & Bakh.f. 1965 – In: Fl. Java: 232
Ridl. 1923 – In: Fl. Malay Penins.: 337
Miq. 1857 – In: Fl. Ned. Ind.: 410
Lý 1986 – In: Feddes Repert.: 440
Kerr 1939 – In: Craib, Fl. Siam. 2: 438
Goel & M.P. Sharma 1990 – In: Higher Pl. Ind. Subcont.: 8
Sévenet et al. 1994 – In: J. Ethno-pharmacol.: 156
A.DC. 1844 – In: Prodr.: 352
Goel & Sharma 1990 – In: Higher Pl. Ind. Subcont.: 7
P.S. Ashton 1988: Man. non-Dipt. Trees Sarawak: 37
Beaman et al. 2001 – In: Pl. Mt. Kinabalu: 108
Markgr. 1973 – In: Blumea: 419
Backer & Bakh.f. 1965 – In: Fl. Java: 232
Sévenet et al. 1994 – In: J. Ethno-pharmacol.: 156
Sévenet et al. 1994 – In: J. Ethno-pharmacol.: 149
Sleesen 1959 – In: Fl. Mal. Misc. Rec.: 12
G. Don 1837 – In: Gen. Syst.: 100
Sévenet et al. 1994 – In: J. Ethno-pharmacol.: 158
Sévenet et al. 1994 – In: J. Ethno-pharmacol.: 161
I.M. Turner 1997 – In: Gard. Bull. Singapore 47: 127
Sévenet et al. 1994 – In: J. Ethno-pharmacol.: 151
Markgr. 1927 – In: Bot. Jahrb. Syst.: 195
Lý 1986 – In: Feddes Repert.: 440
J.A.R. Anderson 1980: Checklist Trees Sarawak: 149
Sévenet et al. 1994 – In: J. Ethno-pharmacol.: 161
P.I. Forst. 1996 – In: Fl. Australia: 134
Blume 2004 – In: Tree Fl. Sabah & Sarawak: 37
Sévenet et al. 1994 – In: J. Ethno-pharmacol.: 161
D.J. Middleton 1999 – In: Fl. Thailand: 61
Sévenet et al. 1994 – In: J. Ethno-pharmacol.: 160
M. Gangop. & Chakr. 1992 – In: J. Econ. Taxon. Bot.: 41
Whitmore 1972 – In: Tree Fl. Malaya: 20
Tsiang 1934 – In: Sunyatsenia: 111