Atuna penangiana
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Description
Trees to 20 m tall, unbuttressed, the young branch-lets glabrescent, obscurely lenticellate.
Leaves thinly subcoriaceous, oblong to oblong lanceolate, 3.7-13 by 2-5.5 cm, glabrous on both surfaces, acuminate at apex, the acumen 3-10 mm, cuneate at base;
Stipules lanceolate, acute, to 7 mm long, glabrous, stiff, subpersistent.
Inflorescences axillary racemes 3-7 cm long, the rachis densely appressed pilose;
Stamens c. 20, the filaments to 8 mm long with tooth-like staminodes opposite.
Ovary pilose.
Fruit (immature) ellipsoid, epicarp crustaceous, verrucose.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present), Johore present, Kelantan present, Penang present, Perak present, Trengganu present
Malesia: Malay Peninsula (Penang, Perak, Johore, Kelantan and Trengganu). .