Description
Shrub or tree 3-25 m high, up to 30 cm dhb when 12 m high.
Leaves simple or trifoliolate;
Stipules suborbicular, up to 1.5 by 1.7 cm.
Inflorescence usually 4 dyads or tetrads, sometimes a few successive nodes flowering simultaneously;
Flowers unisexual and plants dioecious;
Capsule with valves 2-2.5 by 1.3-1.5 mm at dehiscence;
Seeds 0.8-0.9 mm long, comose at both ends, the hairs to c. 1 mm long.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Philippines (Philippines present); Sulawesi (Sulawesi present), Leyte present, Luzon present, Mindanao present, Mindoro present, Negros present, Sibuyan present
Malesia: Philippines (Luzon, Mindanao, Sibuyan, Negros, Leyte, Mindoro) and Sulawesi (1 collection).
Citation
Merr. 1923 – In: Enum. Philipp. Flow. Pl.: 225
H.C. Hopkins 1998: Adansonia: 62: f. 6D-K.
Bernardi 1964: p. 174. – In: Bot. Jahrb. Syst.: t. 23
Merr. 1923 – In: Enum. Philipp. Flow. Pl.: 225
