Meliosma lepidota subsp. kinabaluensis

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Meliosma lepidota subsp. kinabaluensis

Description

Leaves elliptic, rarely oblong, 3-15 by 1.5-9 cm, usually entire, base acute to rounded and somewhat attenuate, cuspidate, above glabrous or ± pubescent on the midrib, subglabrous beneath, usually with a white waxy layer beneath, which gives a glaucous appearance; Panicles terminal or axillary, solitary or a few together, 5-15 cm, rather poor and lax, ramified up to the 2nd (3rd) order;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Borneo present, Mt Kinabalu present
Malesia: Borneo (Mt Kinabalu).

Notes

subsp. kinabaluensis has a very low degree of variability, a characteristic which is also found in some other subspecies of M. lepidota. It is most similar to subsp. dolichomischa from the Malay Peninsula and to subsp. lepidota from Sumatra, with which it shares, amongst others, the more or less ellipsoid endocarp; all other subspecies have (sub)globose endocarps.