Semecarpus bunburyanus

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Semecarpus bunburyanus

Description

Tree (rarely unbranched treelet or shrub), (1½-)5-15 m high and 5-21 cm Ø (young tree sometimes with divaricate spines, 3-5 cm long, near the base). Leaves spaced, spiral (sometimes subverticillate on unbranched treelets or shrubs), subcoriaceous to coriaceous, obovate-oblong to oblanceolate, rarely very narrow-oblanceolate, 15-49(-100) by (3½-)7½-17(-22) cm; Flowers greenish white or white. Petals valvate, elliptic, elliptic-oblong, or lanceolate, 3½-5 by l-l¾ mm, glabrous rarely puberulous outside, with several longitudinal veins. Stamens 2½ mm; Panicles terminal, up to 35 cm long, tomentose or pubescent, glabrescent; Ovary conical, 1½-2 mm Ø, pilose and/or papillose;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Borneo present (Kalimantan present, Sabah present, Sarawak present); Philippines (Philippines present), G. Muara Tagal present, Kelai R present, Kutai present, Palawan present, Panay present, Pembliangan present, Samarinda present, Sebuku R present, Sg. Ikang present
Malesia: Borneo (Sabah&Sarawak; Kalimantan: G. Muara Tagal, Sebuku R., Sg. Ikang, Kelai R., Kutai, Pembliangan, Samarinda) and Philippines (Panay, Palawan).

Citation

Merr. 1923 – In: En. Philip.: 475