Meliosma pinnata subsp. pendula

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Meliosma pinnata subsp. pendula

Content

• Description
• Distribution
• Uses
• Notes
• Citation

Description

Small to medium-sized tree, up to c. 20 m. Leaves (3-)4-6-jugate; Sepals and petals glabrous. Panicles erect and spreading to somewhat pendulous and rather flaccid, slender and rather lax; Ovary glabrous.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Philippines (Philippines present), Luzon present, Mountain Prov present

Malesia: Philippines (Luzon: Mountain Prov.). .

Uses

The leaves are once said to be used for smoking by the Igorots.

Notes

subsp. pendula replaces the lowland and lower hill subsp. macrophylla at high elevations (in this respect being comparable to subsp. humilis from New Guinea).

Citation

Merr. 1923 – In: Enum. Philip. Fl. Pl.: 518

Merr. 1923 – In: Enum. Philip. Fl. Pl.: 518

Merr. 1923 – In: Enum. Philip. Fl. Pl.: 517