Xanthophyllum pulchrum
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Description
Small shrub to small tree, up to 8 m.
Leaf-blade (5.5-)7.5-30 by 2.4-11.5 cm;
Inflorescences at end of young twigs but also axillary, not rarely on old nodes, unbranched, shorter than the leaves, many-flowered;
Sepals often with rather distinct glands;
Petals pink or whitish, when dry red or brownish orange, slightly hairy apically and basally inside, further glabrous, the longest one 13-18 mm.
Stamens:
Ovary up to 2 mm stipitate, patently light brownish pubescent;
Fruit globular, up to 2 cm diam.;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Sumatera (Sumatera present)
Malesia: Sumatra, Malay Peninsula, Borneo.
Citation
Corner 1978: Gard. Bull. Sing. 27, 147, 211
MASAMUNE 1942: En. Phan. Born. p 381
Merr. 1921: En. Born. p 325
CHODAT 1896 – In: E. & P., Nat. Pfl. Fam. 4. p 345
BURK. & HEND. 1925 – In: Gard. Bull. S. S. p 346
GAGNEP. 1908 – In: Desv., J. Bot. 21. p 252
MEIJDEN 1982 – In: Leiden Bot. Ser. p 111
Merr. 1921: En. Born. p 326
MASAMUNE 1942: En. Phan. Born. p 379
RIDLEY 1922 – In: Fl. Mal. Pen. p 146
NG 1972: p. 361. – In: Tree Fl. Mal. f. 3
King 1896: p. 138. – In: Ann. R. Bot. Gard. Calc. pl. 164