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1. Carallia brachiata (Lour.) Merr.wfo-0000586012

Philipp. J. Sci. 15: 249. 1919; Craib, Fl. Siam. En. 1: 597. 1931; Merr., Comm. Lour.: 281. 1935; Ding Hou in Fl. Males., Ser. 1, Spermat. 5: 485. f. 31, 32. 1958; Back. & Bakh. f., Fl. Java 1: 380. 1963; Vu Van Cuong in Fl. C.L.V. 4: 178. 1965.— Diatoma brachiata Lour., Fl. Cochinch.: 296. 1790; ed. Willd., 362. 1793.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Synonyms & Citations :

Description : Tree up to 50 m by 70 cm. Leaves papyraceous to thin-coriaceous, elliptic, obovate to oblanceolate, rarely suborbicular, 5–15 by 2–10 cm, entire, serrate, or denticulate, acute to shortly acuminate, base cuneate; petiole 1 cm. Stipules 1–2.5 cm long. Inflorescences usually shining by secreted resin. Flowers shortly pedicellate or sessile. Calyx lobes deltoid. Petals suborbiculate, ca 1.5 mm in diam. Stamens ca 2 mm. Fruit globose, ca 7 mm in diam. Seeds reniform.

Thailand : NORTH-EASTERN: Loei; SOUTH-EASTERN: Chanthaburi, Trat; PENINSULAR: Surat Thani, Nakhon Si Thammarat.

Distribution : Widely distributed from Madagascar to tropical Asia (Indochina – type), throughout Malesia, to Melanesia and N Australia.

Ecology : In evergreen or mixed forests, sometimes along the river bank or the edges of freshwater swamp forests, from the lowland up to 1,300 m alt., in Malesia up to 1,800 m.

Vernacular : Chiang phra nang ae (เฉียงพร้านางแอ), khiang phra (เขียงพร้า), kho haeng (คอแห้ง), hat dong (หัดดง), samang (สมัง).

Uses: Wood for construction.

Notes: There is a sterile collection (Sorensen, Larsen & Hansen 636) collected at Chong Forest Station west of Phatthalung, with denticulate leaves. It may belong here or may represent even Carallia suffruticosa Ridl., which has been found in Malaya and South Vietnam.