Cordia monoica subsp. subpubescens
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Description
Tree, 5-10 m high.
Leaves: petiole (2-)5-30 mm; blade broadly ovate to suborbicular or oblong-ovate, (0.8—)1.5— 10 by (0.7-) 1-6.5 cm, margin irregularly crenate to grossly dentate, sometimes undulate, base rounded, truncate to subcordate, rarely decurrent into petiole, apex acute, acuminate or broadly rounded, with 3-5 nerves on each side, short dense hairs and longer hairs arising from groups of mineralized cells on upper side (denser in what has been called Cordia leucocoma), either equally distributed soft, longer hairs or hairs confined to nerves on lower side.
Inflorescence corymbose to paniculoid, from 2.5 cm in lateral to 12 cm in terminal position wide, with a very large number of flowers; pedicels 1-3 cm long.
Stamens: filaments slightly exserted from the tube.
Fruit broadly ovoid, rostrate, 6 mm long, 5 mm in diam.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Jawa (Jawa present); Lesser Sunda Is. (Bali present), Flores present, Kangean Archipelago present, Sumbawa present, Timor present
Malesia: Java, Kangean Archipelago, Lesser Sunda Islands (Bali, Sumbawa, Flores, Timor).
Notes
Subsp. subpubescens is different from subsp. monoica (India, Sri Lanka) by its short, more or less appressed pubescence combined with longer, patent hairs on branches (subsp. monoica has stiff, patent, shorter and longer hairs). The pyrenes are 9-12 mm long in subsp. monoica.
Plants with only white pubescence on branches and dense hairs with larger groups of mineralized cells on upper surface of leaves have been called Cordia leucocoma. They may represent a separate variety.