Anisoptera
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Description
Medium-sized to very large trees, often with prominent, thick, rounded, tall straight buttresses.
Bark surface rather shallowly irregular-section fissured, the fissures separating ± flat flaking ridges;
Leaves oblong to obovate, base usually obtuse, apex shortly acuminate;
Stipules relatively large, narrow, fugaceous.
Inflorescence long, lax, pendent, densely tomentose;
Petals oblong-linear, falling separately.
Stamens 15-65 in 3 verticils or irregular, the outer somewhat shorter than the inner, glabrous;
Ovary semi-inferior, with a distinct stylopodium;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: New Guinea present, Chittagong present, Siwalik beds of N.W. India
11 spp. from Chittagong and Indochina to New Guinea, in Malesia: 10 spp. Holocene fossils have been found in the Siwalik beds of N.W. India. .
Uses
The pale siliceous wood is not durable without preservatives and blunts saws but is an important source for veneers.
Citation
Sym. 1934 – In: Gard. Bull. S. S.: 1
B. & H. 1862 – In: Gen. Pl.: 500
Heim 1892: Rech. Dipt.: 30
Miq. 1859 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 500
Meijer & Wood 1965 – In: Sabah For. Rec.: 292
Sloot. 1926 – In: Bull. Jard. Bot. Btzg: 3
DC. 1868 – In: Prod.: 615
Smitinand 1980 – In: Thai For. Bull. (Bot.): 18
Korth. 1964: Man. Dipt. Brun.: 9
Brandis & Gilg 1895 – In: E. & P., Pfl. Fam., ed. 1, 3: 258
Brandis 1895 – In: J. Linn. Soc. Bot.: 40
Dyer 1874 – In: Fl. Br. Ind.: 300
Wyatt-Smith 1955 – In: Mal. For.: 70
Burck 1887 – In: Ann. Jard. Bot. Btzg: 220
Heyne 1927: Nutt. Pl., ed. 2: 1098
Korth. 1943: p. 199. – In: Mal. For. Rec.: f. 99
Korth. 1857 – In: Ann.: 335
Ashton 1963 – In: Gard. Bull. Sing.: 230
Walp. 1845 – In: Rep.: 125
Foxw. 1938 – In: Philip. J. Sc.: 263
Bl. 1852 – In: Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat.: 6
Gilg 1925 – In: E. & P., Pfl. Fam., ed. 2, 21: 359