Knema laurina
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Description
Shrub or tree 3-20(-30) m.
Leaves membranous or coriaceous, obovate-elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, 9-30 by 2.5-10.5 cm, base attenuate, rounded, obtuse, rarely subcordate, apex subobtuse to acute-acuminate;
Inflorescences:
Fruits 1-5 per infructescence, ovoid or ellipsoid(-oblong), apex obtuse to subacute, 1.5—2.5(—3) by 1-2 cm, with rusty hairs 1-3 mm long;
Distribution
Anambas present, Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Sumatera (Sumatera present), Bangka present, Karimata present, Nunukan Is present, Peninsular Thailand present, Siberut present, Simeulue present, W and C Java present
Peninsular Thailand; in Malesia: Sumatra (incl. Simeulue, Siberut, Bangka), Peninsular Malaysia, W and C Java, Borneo (incl. Anambas, Karimata, and Nunukan Is.).
Taxonomy
Knema laurina may be confused with other species, e.g. K. pseudolaurina and K conferta, with persistent indumentum on the lower leaf surface. Knema pseudolaurina has mainly sessile stellate hairs. Knema conferta differs essentially in the shape of the male buds, and by the dark dots on the lower leaf surface.