Parasponia parviflora

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Parasponia parviflora

Description

Small to medium-sized tree, up to 15 m. Branchlets initially densely silvery or grey appressed-hairy, glabrescent, smooth. Leaves lanceolate to narrow ovate-lanceolate, (3-)5-8(-10) by (l-)2-3(-3 ½) cm (index 3-4), broadest at or below the middle; Stipules ovate, 5-10 by 2-4 mm, sparsely hairy outside. Inflorescences ♂, ♀, or ♂♀, 5-30-flowered, at anthesis condensed, shorter than or as long as the petiole, as the bracts densely short-hairy;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Jawa (Jawa present), Palembang present, S. Sumatra present
Malesia: S. Sumatra (Palembang, very rare), Java (common). .

Citation

J. J. SMITH 1910 – In: K. & V., Bijdr. 12: 663
Miq. 1859: p. 218. – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: t. 16
PLANCH 1873 – In: DC., Prod. 17: 194
BACK. & BAKH.F. 1965 – In: Fl. Java: 12
Bl. 1856: p. 65. – In: Mus. Bot.: f. 35