Description
Erect herb, 0.5-1 m high.
Leaves thin-membranaceous, ovate to broadly ovate, 6-12 by 4-6 cm, acute, base truncate or cuneate, entire, margin elsewhere remotely crenate, very sparsely pubescent on the main and secondary veins on both surfaces;
Flowers in terminal panicles, 10-15 cm long, the lower branches 5-6 cm.
Stamens in 2 pairs;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present), Kedah present, Kula Dipang present, Perak present, Pulau Langkawi present
Malesia: Malay Peninsula (Perak: Kula Dipang, 2 coll.) and recently Pulau Langkawi (Kedah).
Citation
Ridl. 1923 – In: Fl. Mai. Pen.: 646
KENG 1969 – In: Gard. Bull. Sing.: 151
STEEN. 1934 – In: Bull. Jard. Bot. Btzg: 222
PRAIN 1907 – In: J. As. Soc. Beng.: 706
PRAIN 1906: p. 55. – In: Ann. R. Bot. Gard. Calc.: pl. 70
