Schuurmansia elegans

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Schuurmansia elegans

Description

Treelet or tree, up to 15(-30?) m, sometimes with low stiltroots. Leaves obovate-oblong to -lanceolate, 10-30 by 2½-10 cm, rounded or somewhat acuminate at apex, ± tape-ring at base, margins ± involute, chartaceous, nerves 1-1½ mm apart; Stipules linguiform, 1½-4 by 1½-2½ mm, sometimes shortly ciliate. Inflorescences 10-25 cm; Flowers bisexual, erect. Sepals elliptic to obovate, 3-6 by 1½-4 mm. Petals obovate, 4-8 by 2-5 mm. Ovary subovoid, 1½-3 by 1¼-2 mm, papillate, sometimes with a few glandular-capitate hairs; Fruit fusiform, up to 2½ by ½ cm, acuminate. Seeds c. ¾ by ¼ mm, with c. 3 mm long, slender wings.

Distribution

Agusan present, Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; Maluku (Maluku present); New Guinea present; Philippines (Philippines present); Sulawesi (Sulawesi present), Mindanao present
Malesia: Borneo, Philippines (Mindanao, only 1 collection of uncertain identity reported from Agusan), Celebes, Moluccas, and New Guinea.

Citation

Merr. 1916 – In: Philip. J. Sc.: Bot. 19
Blume 1968 – In: Blumea: 75
Miq. 1859 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 118
Blume 1953: Pfl. Samml. Clemens Kinab.: 63
HEINE 1951 – In: Fedde, Rep. 54: 240
Blume 1871: p. 66. – In: Illustr.: t. 29
HALL.f. 1913 – In: Rec. Trav. Bot. Neerl.: 346
Blume 1923 – In: En. Philip.: 68
KANIS 1961: p. 64. – In: Nova Guinea, Bot.: f. la
CAPIT. 1910 – In: Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr.: 397