Fernandoa adenophylla
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Description
Tree, 4-20 m, not rarely poorly developed and with irregular crown, 10-35 cm ø;
Leaves 20-50 cm long;
Ovary elongate, brown stellate hairy, 1 cm, style 4 cm, ± exceeding longer stamens.
Capsule subterete, pendulous, twisted, rusty by stellate hairs, 30-60 by lll2-2½ cm ø, the valves with 5 strong prominent ribs;
Seeds variable in size in one capsule, c. 2½-3¾ by ¾-1¼ cm incl. the smallish wings.
Distribution
Alor Star present, Andaman and Coco Is present, Asia-Tropical: Assam (Assam present); Thailand (Thailand present), Bt. Timah in Singapore I present, Burma present, Chittagong present, Chupeng present, Continental SE. Asia present, Kedah present, Langkawi present, Perlis present, Tenasserim present, extreme northern part of Malaya present
Continental SE. Asia (Assam to Tenasserim and Chittagong, Burma, Thailand, Indo-China; also in the Andaman and Coco Is.: PRAIN, 1891); in Malesia: only in the extreme northern part of Malaya (Langkawi, Perlis: Chupeng; Kedah: Alor Star; in 1882 also found on Bt. Timah in Singapore I.).
Ecology
KOSTERMANS (n. 1436) noted that in Thailand the 'white' flowers open at night and drop the next morning. KURZ L.C. stated it leaf-shedding in Burma and flowering at the close of the cold season. VAN DER PIJL () stated that the nocturnal flowers are visited by bats.
Citation
KURZ 1877 – In: Fl. Burma: 236
Koord. 1897 – In: Ann. Jard. Bot. Btzg: 417
P. DOP 1928 – In: Bull. Jard. Bot. Btzg: 265
PRAIN 1891 – In: J. As. Soc. Beng.: 322
STEEN. 1927: Thesis: 1006: f. 13a, 14e-f
GAMBLE 1902: Man.: 514
Ridl. 1923 – In: Fl. Mal. Pen.: 551
GENTRY 1973: p. 856. – In: Ann. Mo. Bot. Gard.: f. 14.
Clarke 1884 – In: Fl. Br. Ind.: 381
WIGHT 1839 – In: Ill.: t. 160