Gironniera parvifolia
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Description
Shrub or small-sized tree up to 15 m, 20 cm ø.
Bark smooth to finely fissured, lenticellate, grey-green or grey-brown.
Leaves chartaceous to thin-coriaceous, rarely coriaceous, elliptic-lanceolate or elliptic-obovate, very rarely ovate-elliptic, (4-)8-12(-16) by (1½-) 3-4(-5) cm, index 3-3½, glabrous,;
Inflorescences ♂ or ♀, axillary, borne on separate branchlets, including the bracts sparsely, short, appressed-pubescent, glabrescent;
Fruit c. 8 by 6 by 4 mm, sparsely, short appressed-pubescent, glabrescent;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present, Singapore present); Sumatera (Sumatera present), Ceylon present
Ceylon; in Malesia: Malay Peninsula (incl. Singapore; very common), Sumatra (rare), Borneo (common).
Notes
As in other species of the genus, most of the specimens so far available suggest that the plant is monoecious. However, in MAINGAY K.D. 1470 from Malaya both the ♂ inflorescence and infructescence are found on separate branchlets of the same collection number. Assuming that these branchlets were collected from the same tree, it would suggest that the species is monoecious but producing ♂ and ♀ flowers at different stages of its growth. More field work is required to determine its breeding system.
Citation
Hook.f. 1888 – In: Fl. Br. Ind.: 485
Corner 1940: Ways. Trees: 689
PLANCH 1873 – In: DC., Prod. 17: 206
Merr. 1921: En. Born.: 217
SOEPADMO 1973: p. 419. – In: Whitmore, Tree FL Mai. 2: f. 2
Hook.f. 1888 – In: Fl. Br. Ind.: 486
Ridl. 1924 – In: Fl. Mai. Pen.: 321
Miq. 1859 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 223
THW. 1861: En. Pl. Zeyl.: 268