Glenniea thorelii
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Description
Tree up to 30 m high, dbh up to 50 cm, buttressed;
Hairs mainly in small stellate tufts.
Leaves spirally arranged to (sub)decus-sate, 1-foliolate or 1- or 2-jugate;
Inflorescences thyrsoid to paniculate, up to 25 cm long, puberulous to tomentellous;
Sepals 4 or 5, valvate, 2-2.5 by 1.5-2.5 mm, inside tomentose with glabrous longitudinal strips.
Stamens 6 or 7;
Ovary slightly 2-lobed;
Fruits few, 2-lobed, c. 1.25 by 2 by 1 cm, often 1 lobe suppressed, then transversely ovoid and c. 1.25 by 1.5 by 1.25 cm, smooth and glabrous, pericarp thin, fleshy.
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Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; New Guinea present; Philippines (Philippines present); Sumatera (Sumatera present), Indragiri present, Lower Fly R present, Mindoro present, Palawan present, Palembang present, S Vietnam present, Vogelkop present
S Vietnam and Malesia: Sumatra (Indragiri, Palembang), Borneo, Philippines (Palawan, Mindoro), and New Guinea (Vogelkop, Lower Fly R.).
Notes
1. There is some difference between the material from Sumatra and Borneo and that of the Philippines and New Guinea. The former has smaller leaves and flowers, often (especially Sumatra) hair tufts on the leaflets beneath, usually thyrsoid inflorescences, a (sub)glabrous disc, always 6 stamens, and the stigma distinctly lobed; the latter is more coarse, lacks hair tufts on the leaflets, has less branched inflorescences with fewer and nearly always solitary flowers, the disc is always densely hairy, and the number of stamens is often 7.
2. The name Xerospermum thorelii Pierre was illegitimate as it was mentioned under the plate only, whereas in the accompanying text Cnemidiscus thorelii was used (ICBN 1972, art. 34).
2. The name Xerospermum thorelii Pierre was illegitimate as it was mentioned under the plate only, whereas in the accompanying text Cnemidiscus thorelii was used (ICBN 1972, art. 34).