Symplocos brachybotrys

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Symplocos brachybotrys

Description

Leaves sparsely appressedly fine hairy when young, soon glabrescent, ovate to elliptic, with acute to rounded base, denticulate margin and acute to acuminate apex, 4-6 by 2-374 cm; Stamens c. 100. Ovary appressedly pubescent, 1 mm high; Fruit ovoid to ellipsoid, intense indigo-blue, c. 10 by 5 mm, stone shallowly lengthwise grooved. Seed 1, ovoid, slightly curved with S-shaped embryo.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Borneo present (Sabah present, Sarawak present), Mt Kinabalu present
Malesia: Borneo (Sarawak and Sabah: Mt Kinabalu).

Citation

NOOT. 1975 – In: Leid. Bot. Ser.: 134
Merr. 1921: En. Born.: 486
HEINE 1953: Pfl. Samml. Clemens: 87