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5. Kopsia pauciflora Hook.f.wfo-0000221382

Fl. Br. Ind. 3: 639. 1882; King & Gamble, J. As. Soc. Beng. 74(2): 431, 1907; Ridl., Fl. Malay Penins. 2: 338. 1923; Timmerman-van der Sleesen, Fl. Mal. Misc. Rec. 1: 14. 1959; Markgr., Blumea 20: 422. 1972.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Synonyms & Citations :

Description : Shrub or small tree to 6 m. Branchlets glabrous or puberulent. Leaves: petiole 2–12.5 mm long; blade coriaceous, elliptic, 4.7–19 x 1.5–8.3 cm, apex acuminate to caudate, base cuneate; secondary veins 7–17 pairs; glabrous. Inflorescence cincinnate or branched cincinnate; glabrous; 4.5–10 cm long; pedicels 1.6–6.5 mm long. Sepals ovate, 2.2–2.9 x 1.6–2.1 mm, apex rounded; glabrous, ciliate. Corolla white or pink; tube 26–45 mm long; lobes 16–31 mm long, obovate, rounded; glabrous outside, pubescent in mouth and beneath stamens inside. Stamens inserted at 22–35 mm from corolla base; filaments 0.6–0.9 mm long; anthers 2.2–2.4 x 0.6-0.8 mm. Disk 0.5–1.8 mm long. Ovary 0.5–1.5 mm long, glabrous or pubescent; style + pistil head 2.2–3.6 cm long.

Thailand : PENINSULAR: Ranong, Surat Thani, Phangnga, Krabi, Pattani, Narathiwat.

Distribution : Malay Peninsula (type), Borneo.

Ecology : In evergreen forests to 200 m alt. Occasionally cultivated.