Xanthophyllum affine
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Description
Tree, rarely a shrub, up to 15(—30) m, up to 40(-95) cm dbh.
Leaf-blade rarely linear-lanceolate, 6.5-18(—35) by (2-)3-8(-13) cm, base cuneate to rounded-attenuate, sometimes attenuate with the margins of the leaf-blade curved upwards and gradually grading into the ridges on the petiole, apex sometimes cuspidate;
Inflorescences shorter than the leaves;
Sepals persistent or not in fruit, sometimes with small glands;
Petals white (or rarely pink), the upper ones with an orange-yellow spot, when dry yellowish, the longest one 6-17 mm;
Stamens:
Ovary often semi-2-locular, smooth to distinctly ribbed, sometimes tu-berculate, glabrous or sometimes greyish hairy in 2(-4) rows in apical part;
Fruit globular or somewhat longer than wide, rounded or slightly but sometimes rather sharply beaked apically, up to 1.5 cm diam., smooth to pustulate or tuberculate, sometimes ribbed, creamish to brown;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Borneo present (Brunei present, Sabah present, Sarawak present); Laos (Laos present); Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Philippines (Philippines present); Sumatera (Sumatera present); Thailand (Thailand present), Banka present, Busuanga present, Culion present, Khasya present, Palawan present, SE. Asia present
SE. Asia (Khasya, Laos, Thailand); in Malesia: Sumatra (also Banka), Malay Peninsula, Borneo (Sarawak, Brunei, Sabah), Philippines (Palawan, Culion, Busuanga).
Notes
Very variable, and probably not homogeneous; for a discussion, see VAN DER MEIJDEN, l.c. 71-73.
Most authors have included 1. X. flavescens in this species; see note under that species.
Most authors have included 1. X. flavescens in this species; see note under that species.
Citation
GAGNEP. 1908 – In: Desv., J. Bot. 21: 253
MEIJER 1967 – In: Bot. News Bull. Sandakan: 88
WYATT-SMITH 1963 – In: Mal. For. Rec.: f. 10
CRAIB 1931 – In: Fl. Siam. En.: 105
KEITH 1938 – In: N. Born. For. Rec.: 225
BURK. 1923 – In: Gard. Bull. S. S.: 35
BURK. & HEND. 1925 – In: Gard. Bull. S. S.: 345
BENN. 1874 – In: Fl. Br. India: 209
Merr. 1921: En. Born.: 326
BALAN MENON 1956 – In: Mal. For. Rec.: 34
BAKER 1924 – In: J. Bot.: Suppl. 7
Miq. 1911 – In: J. Str. Br. R. As. Soc.: 73
GAGNEP. 1908 – In: Desv., J. Bot. 21: 252
K. & V. 1897: p. 11. – In: Icon. Bog.: t. 11, p.p., excl. f. 12-14
WATSON 1928 – In: Mal. For. Rec.: 249
RIDLEY 1900 – In: J. Str. Br. R. As. Soc.: 45
MASAMUNE 1942: En. Phan. Born.: 381
King 1890 – In: J. As. Soc. Beng.: 142
CHODAT 1929 – In: Merr., Pl. Elm. Born.: 133
MASAMUNE 1942: En. Phan. Born.: 379
KURZ 1873 – In: J. As. Soc. Beng.: 80
DOCTERS VAN LEEUWEN 1941 – In: Ned. Kruidk. Arch.: 166, 167
RIDLEY 1922 – In: Fl. Mal. Pen.: 143
NG 1971 – In: Fed. Mus. J. n.s.: 137
WYATT-SMITH 1952 – In: Mal. For. Rec.: 80, 363
RIDLEY 1909 – In: J. Fed. Mal. St. Mus.: 5
F.-VILL. 1880: Nov. App.: 14
Corner 1978: Gard. Bull. Sing.: 146, 211
Miq. 1972: p. 354. – In: Tree Fl. Mal.: f. 1
MEIJDEN 1982: p. 70. – In: Leiden Bot. Ser.: f. 2, 3A g-i, 10C, 11
CHODAT 1896 – In: E. & P., Nat. Pfl. Fam. 3: 345
BRANDIS 1906: Indian Trees: 44
KURZ 1877 – In: For. Fl. Burma: 82
Merr. 1923 – In: En. Philip.: 386
BURK. 1935: Dict.: 2268
HEYNE 1927: Nutt. Pl.: 901
Miq. 1928 – In: Gard. Bull. S. S.: 222