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1. Sindora coriacea (Baker) Prainwfo-0000199670

J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 66 (2): 206. 1897; Prain, ibid.: 481; Ridl., Fl. Malay Penins. 1: 637. 1922; de Wit, Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenz. Sér. 3. 18: 30. 1949.— Afzelia coriacea Baker in Hook.f., Fl. Br. Ind. 2: 275. 1878. Fig. 25: 7–8.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Description : Deciduous tree up to 40(–50) m high; young branches puberulous. Leaves 3–4-jugate. Petioles 3 cm long. Leaflets coriaceous, oblong to obovate, often slightly falcate, 5–10 by 3–5 cm; base unequal-sided, apex acute; shining on both surfaces, glabrous except for the midrib on the lower surface. Inflorescence densely brownish pubescent, 20–30 cm long. Bracts early caducous; bracteoles lanceolate, acute, 2 mm long. Pedicels puberulous, 1.5–2 mm. Receptacle 1.5–3 mm long. Sepals unarmed, strigose inside, 6–7 mm long. Petal yellow to red, narrowly lanceolate, 6–7 mm long. Stamens 2 largest, with filaments ca 1 cm long, anthers 2–3 mm long. Ovary shortly stipitate, hirsute; style recurved, glabrous; stigma inconspicuous; ovules 4–5. Pods glabrous, unarmed or with scattered blunt spines, broadly oblong, beaked, 7–8 by 5–6 cm. Seeds 2–3.

Thailand : PENINSULAR: Nakhon Si Thammarat, Narathiwat (Waeng), Trang.

Distribution : Malay Peninsula (type), Sumatra, Borneo.

Ecology : Evergreen forests, lower altitudes.

Vernacular : Ai kling (อ้ายกลิ้ง), kling (กลิ้ง), kha man (ค่ามัน)(Peninsular).

Uses: Wood used for indoor construction.