Voacanga grandifolia

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Voacanga grandifolia

Description

Tree to 15 m tall, trunk to 20 cm dbh; Leaves: Inflorescence mostly few-flowered, sometimes many-flowered, 8-30 cm long, glabrous; Flowers poor or pleasant smelling. Stamens inserted high in the corolla tube; Ovaries 1-2 mm high, glabrous. Fruit of free to united carpels (these may be present on a single tree) up to 12 by 15 by 10 cm, small when not fused, green to yellowish, with pale brown warts. Seeds with an orange aril, 8-13 by 4-7 by 3-6 mm.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Jawa (Jawa present); Lesser Sunda Is. present; Maluku (Maluku present); New Guinea present; Philippines (Philippines present); Sulawesi (Sulawesi present), Australasia: Queensland (Queensland present), Mindanao present
Australia (Queensland); in Malesia: Java, Sulawesi, Philippines (Mindanao), Lesser Sunda Islands, Moluccas, New Guinea.

Citation

Rolfe 2001 – In: PROSEA: 582
Kaneh. & Hatus. 1941 – In: Bot. Mag. (Tokyo): 504
Leeuwenb. 1985 – In: Agric. Univ. Wageningen Pap.: 55
Backer & Bakh.f. 1965 – In: Fl. Java: 229
P.I. Forst. 1996 – In: Fl. Australia: 114
Hochr. 1934 – In: Candollea: 178
Kessler et al. 2002 – In: Blumea: 15
K. Schum. & Lauterb. 1901: Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee: 503
K. Schum. & Hollrung 1889: Fl. Kais. Wilh. Land: 112
Miq. 1857 – In: Fl. Ned. Ind.: 417
Markgr. 1927 – In: Bot. Jahrb. Syst.: 204
Markgr. 1927 – In: Bot. Jahrb. Syst.: 204