Meliosma pinnata subsp. sylvatica
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Description
Slender shrub or treelet, up to c. 5 m.
Leaves (3-)4-6(-7)-jugate;
Sepals and petals glabrous.
Panicles erect, spreading, usually slender and rather lax;
Ovary glabrous.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Philippines (Philippines present); Sulawesi (Sulawesi present), Latimod-jong Mts present, Luzon present, Minahasa present, Negros present
Malesia: Sulawesi (Minahasa, Latimod-jong Mts), Philippines (Luzon, Negros). .
Notes
subsp. sylvatica is closely related to subsp. macrophylla. The most striking difference between them is found in their physiognomy, the former being a small undergrowth treelet, the latter a large forest tree. The main systematical differences are found in the dentation and the shape of the base of the leaflets. These fit nicely in the spectre of character combinations present in the subspecies of M. pinnata, and it seems justified to consider subsp. sylvatica a subspecies of that species, instead of a separate species.