Dysoxylum oppositifolium

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Dysoxylum oppositifolium

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Description

Small tree to c. 10(–30) m; bole to 40 cm diam.; buttresses to 1.5 m tall. Bark flaking, yellow-brown; inner bark reddish. Leaves 15–45 cm, 3–6-jugate with apical scar, alternate to opposite; petiole 6–10 cm, drying yellowish, swollen at base, ± puberulent; rachis ± 4-angled, ± puberulent. Inflorescences 5–9 cm, racemose or thyrsoid, axillary or in axils of cicatroses; axes pubescent; branches to 8 mm, bearing 3-flowered cymules; pedicels c. 1 mm, articulated with very short pseudopedicels. Petals 4, c. 7 by 3–3.5 mm, oblong, obtuse, ± pubescent without, creamish. Staminal tube glabrous or very sparsely pubescent apically without, margin ± crenate; anthers 8, c. 1 mm long, ellipsoid, included. Ovary pubescent, 4-locular; style terete, pubescent in proximal half; stylehead discoid. Capsule c. 3 cm diam., apparently pyriform, 4-valved, veined, orange-black drying black. Seeds 2–4, c. 1 cm long, ellipsoid, with red (?) sarcotesta; cotyledons green.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Borneo (Sabah present); New Guinea present, Leyte present, Luzon present, Mindoro present, NE Australia and Malesia present, Palawan present, Panay present
NE Australia and Malesia: Borneo (Sabah), Philippines (Luzon, Mindoro, Palawan, Panay, Leyte), New Guinea.Perhaps also belonging here are some sheets from the Lesser Sunda Islands: Sumba, one collection: bb 8986 (BO); Flores, two collections: Kostermans & Wirawan 796 (A, B0, L), 800 (AAU, B0, K, L).

Citation

Merr. 1923 – In: Enum. Philipp. Flow. Pl.: 362
Fern.-Vill. 1880: Nov. App.: 41
C.DC. 1878 – In: DC., Monogr. Phan. 1: 501
Briq. 1935 – In: Mém. Inst. Nat. Genev.: 49.
F.M.Bailey 1899 – In: Queensl. Fl.: 229.
Briq. 1935 – In: Mém. Inst. Nat. Genev.: 55
Merr. 1923 – In: Enum. Philipp. Flow. Pl.: 363
Elmer 1937 – In: Leafl. Philipp. Bot.: 3382
Vidal 1886: Rev. Pl. Vasc. Filip.: 81
Merr. 1923 – In: Enum. Philipp. Flow. Pl.: 366
Merr. 1923 – In: Enum. Philipp. Flow. Pl.: 365.
Merr. 1923 – In: Enum. Philipp. Flow. Pl.: 366.
Merr. 1923 – In: Enum. Philipp. Flow. Pl.: 365
Merr. 1923 – In: Enum. Philipp. Flow. Pl.: 364