Aphanamixis borneensis
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Description
Tree to 10(–13.5) m; bole to 15 cm diam.
Bark reddish; inner bark orangeish-mottled, soft, with watery latex; sapwood orange.
Leaves 30–80 cm, (3–)6–8-jugate; petiole 15–18 cm, c. 5 mm diam., terete, puberulous, flattened to grooved or hollowed adaxially at base, the groove adpressed fulvous pubescent.
Inflorescences to 65 cm, the male with subsquarrose branches to 15 cm, strongly supra-axillary; axes puberulous; bracteoles c. 0.5 mm, scale-like; pedicels 0–1 mm in female, 3–6 mm in male.
Flowers c. 5–7 mm diam.
Petals c. 5–7 mm long, subrotund, glabrous, creamy-white or pinkish.
Staminal tube with small pore; anthers 6, c. 3 mm long, narrowly oblong, glabrous.
Capsules borne towards tip of axis, 3–4 cm diam., glabrous, pink to dark red, white within.
Seeds 1–3, c. 18 by 12 mm, plano-convex, covered with vermilion aril; testa dark brown to black.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical, Halmahera present, Palawan present, except south present
Malesia: Borneo (except south), Philippines (Palawan), Moluccas (Halmahera, Whitmore 3616 in fruit) but not yet recorded from Celebes.Moluccas (Halmahera)