Weinmannia devogelii
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Description
Tree 5-20 m high, up to 40 cm dbh.
Leaves imparipinnate with (0-)2-6 pairs of lateral leaflets;
Stipules ± orbicular and larger ones amplexicaul, up to 1.4 by 1.6 cm.
Inflorescence of 1-3 pairs of dyads or tetrads, sometimes a few successive nodes flowering;
Flowers unisexual and plants dioecious;
Capsule with valves 1.9-2.5 by 1.2-1.5 mm at dehiscence;
Seeds ellipsoid to broadly ellipsoid, 0.5-0.7 mm long, 4 per capsule, comose at both ends, the hairs to 2 mm long.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical, Eastern South Sulawesi near Malili and Lake Matano present
Malesia: Eastern South Sulawesi near Malili and Lake Matano.
Morphology
2. Buttresses few or absent. Flowers usually described as pink, or rarely white.
1 Weinmannia devogelii is a satellite of widespread and variable W. fraxinea, and the differences between them are not great. However, W. devogelii has a unique morphological feature (the very short pedicel) not seen in W. fraxinea, a distinctive ecology, and an allopatric distribution. The leaf characters of W. devogelii fall within the range for W. fraxinea and sterile specimens cannot be distinguished; the latter species is assumed to be absent from Sulawesi as no fertile material has yet been identified as belonging to it.