Saraca celebica
Description
Tree 8 m tall.
Leaves 3- or 4-jugate, shortly petioled (1-1.5 cm), petiole and rachis 7-24.5 cm long.
Inflorescences 5-14 cm wide, slightly pubescent, glabrescent, or glabrous; branches up to c. 16 cm long; bracts and bracteoles caducous, more or less equal in shape and size, ovate, 1-2 mm long, puberulous outside, minutely hairy on the margin; pedicels 12-22 mm, the length of pedicel between bracteoles and flower 8-18 mm.
Flowers orange red or red, fragrant, obscurely articulated near the base, slightly puberulous or subglabrous outside.
Stamens 4(-6); staminodes 0-2, when present c. 1 mm; filaments 10-27 mm, glabrous; anthers ellipsoid or oblong, c. 2 mm long; free parts of staminodes (0.5-) 1-5 mm.
Seeds (only one seen) suborbicular, slightly depressed at the hilum side, c. 3.7 by 3.1 by 1.2 cm, glossy dark brown.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical, E Malili present, Menado present, Soekon present
Malesia: Celebes (Menado, E Malili, Soekon). Five collections known.