Meliosma rufo-pilosa

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Meliosma rufo-pilosa

Description

Evergreen rather large tree up to c. 30 m. Leaves (6-)7-9-jugate; Sepals (3) 4, ovate, (sub)equal, c. 1.5-2 mm, the outer one often much smaller, rarely minute, usually lowered on the pedicel, glabrous or somewhat pubescent outside; Panicles terminal, one or a few crowded together at the end of a twig, erect, rather dense to lax, pyramidal, 30-50 cm, including the 0-20 cm long peduncle, profusely branched up to the 4th order, branches spreading, ± flaccid, densely pubescent, bearing numerous solitary flowers; Ovary 0.5-0.7 mm, glabrous. Fruit globose, when ripe 1.5-2 cm diam., with moderately thick, fleshy mesocarp;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Borneo present (Sabah present, Sarawak present); Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present), Kinabalu complex present, Pahang present
Malesia: Malay Peninsula (Pahang), Borneo (Sarawak, Sabah, Kinabalu complex). .

Citation

VAN BEUSEKOM 1971 – In: Blumea: 517
MERR. & PERRY 1939 – In: J. Arn. Arb.: 360