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16. Symplocos pedunculata Noot.wfo-0000490951

Rev. Symploc.: 263. 1975.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Description : Shrub with densely patently long-pilose twigs, hairs longer than 2 mm ;terminal buds small, pubescent. Leaves ovate, glabrous, 7–11 by 3–5 cm, base cordate, apex acuminate, margin denticulate; nerves 7–8 pairs, meeting in an intramarginal vein; reticulation very fine but hardly prominent; petiole ca 4 mm. Inflorescence a long peduncled raceme to 3 cm; peduncle 1–3 cm long, with the axis patently pubescent; bracts and bracteoles persistent, appressed-pubescent, 2–3 and 2 mm long respectively; pedicels 1–4 mm. Calyx glabrous, 1.5 mm long, the lobes ca 1.25 mm. Corolla ca 4 mm. Stamens 50–100. Disk 5-glandular, with the conical style base sparsely pilose. Ovary densely pubescent, ca 0.5 mm high. Fruits not known.

Thailand : PENINSULAR: Nakhon Si Thammarat (Khao Luang – type: Kerr 15536).

Ecology : In tropical evergreen forests.