Description
Tree up to 15(-40) m tall, hemi-epiphytic or (secondarily?) terrestrial.
internal hairs absent.
Leaves spirally arranged;
stipules (0.5-)1-2 cm long, brown strigose to subsericeous, caducous, often with a distinct median part.
Ovary partly red(dish).
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Philippines (Philippines present); Thailand (Thailand present), Mindanao present, Samar present
Thailand; in Malesia: Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Philippines (Mindanao, Samar).
Morphology
The basal bracts are relatively large in the Philippines, sometimes up to 1.2 cm long.
Citation
Corner 1965: – Gard. Bull. Singapore 21: 14
Merr. 1923 – In: Enum. Philipp. Flow. Pl.: 51
Merr. 1921: Enum. Born.: 222
Kochummen 1978 – In: Tree Fl. Malaya: 144
Sata 1944 – In: Contr. Hort. Inst. Taihoku Imp. Univ.: 209
King 2000 – In: Tree Fl. Sabah & Sarawak: 229
