Xanthophyllum discolor
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Description
Very low shrub or small tree, 1-10 m, up to 10 cm dbh.
Leaf-blade 3.8-25 by 1.6-10 cm, base obtuse to cordate or cuneate, apex acutish;
Inflorescences unbranched or rarely with one branch, much shorter than to three times as long as the leaves;
Sepals rarely glabrous outside;
Petals white or pinkish, when dry brownish to dark reddish, nearly glabrous, api-cally with few hairs, basally inside slightly hairy, the longest one 11-23 mm.
Stamens:
Ovary sessile to distinctly stipitate, appressedly whitish hairy;
Fruit globular, up to 1.8-3 cm diam., dull, light brownish;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Philippines (Philippines present)
Malesia: Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Philippines.
Citation
MEIJER 1967 – In: Bot. News Bull. Sandakan. p 88
WATSON 1928 – In: Mal. For. Rec. p 249
KEITH 1938 – In: N. Born. For. Rec. p 225
MEIJDEN 1973 – In: Bot. J. Linn. Soc. p 118
MASAMUNE 1942: En. Phan. Born. p 380
WYATT-SMITH 1963 – In: Mal. For. Rec. f. 8
NG 1972: p. 356. – In: Tree Fl. Mal. f. 1
RIDLEY 1922 – In: Fl. Mal. Pen. p 147
CHODAT 1982: p. 108. – In: Leiden Bot. Ser. f. 3A-q.
BURK. 1935: Dict. p 2268