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4. Kopsia macrophylla Hook.f.wfo-0000221376

Fl. Br. Ind. 3: 639. 1882; King & Gamble, J. As. Soc. Beng. 74(2): 434. 1907; Ridl., Fl. Malay Penins. 2: 338. 1923; Timmerman-van der Sleesen, Fl. Mal. Misc. Rec. 1: 7. 1959; Markgr., Blumea 20: 423. 1972.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Description : Shrub or small tree to 10 m. Branchlets glabrous. Leaves: petiole 3–10 mm long; blade coriaceous, broadly lanceolate to elliptic, 5–24.5 x 2.3–9.7 cm, apex acuminate to caudate, base acute to cuneate; secondary veins 9–19 pairs; glabrous. Inflorescence cincinnate and robust; densely puberulent; 6–7.5 cm long; flowers subsessile. Sepals ovate, 2.6–3 x 2–2.2 mm, apex rounded; glabrous or sparsely puberulent. Corolla white or pale pink; tube 19–33 mm long; lobes 23–27 mm long, obovate, rounded; glabrous or with few hairs outside, glabrous or puberulent in mouth, puberulent beneath stamens inside. Stamens inserted at 16–28 mm from corolla base; filaments 0.6–0.7 mm long; anthers 2.1–2.5 mm. Disk 1.1–2.2 mm long. Ovary 1.5–2.5 mm long, glabrous or sparsely puberulent; style + pistil head 1.6–2.6 cm long. Fruit with a large beaked appendage, ca 1.9 cm long. Seeds ca 10 x 5.7 mm.

Thailand : PENINSULAR: Phangnga, Krabi, Satun.

Distribution : Malaysia (type).

Ecology : In low altitudes evergreen forests.