Xanthophyllum tenuipetalum
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Description
Tree, up to 30 m, 40 cm dbh.
Leaf-blade 9-20 by 3.5-11 cm;
Inflorescences also in lower leaf axils, un-branched or rarely with one short branch, up to 7 cm long;
Sepals:
Petals rather thin, white (or yellow?) when fresh, when dry light brown or orange, not covering the stamens in anthesis, the longest one 10.5-12.5 mm;
Stamens 8, occasionally 9;
Ovary appressedly hairy;
Fruit globular, 1.8-2 cm diam., slightly shiny, light brown, faintly appressedly hairy;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Maluku (Maluku present), Kai Is present, Kendari present, Ma-lili present, Minahassa present, Muna I present, N. & S. Celebes present, Taliabu present, Vogelkop Peninsula present, West New Guinea present
Malesia: N. & S. Celebes (Minahassa; Ma-lili; Kendari; Muna I.), Moluccas (Taliabu&Kai Is.), West New Guinea (Vogelkop Peninsula).