e-Flora of Thailand

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7. Aporosa globifera Hook.f.wfo-0000248755

Fl. Brit. Ind. 5: 347. 1887; Whitmore, Tree Fl. Malaya 2: 59. 1973.


Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.



Synonyms & Citations :

Aporosa lophodonta Airy Shaw, Kew Bull. 33: 25. 1978.


Description : Small tree, up to 12 m high; young branches tomentose. Stipules ovate, slightly oblique, 3.5–5 by 1.5–2 mm, caducous. Leaves: petiole terete, 6–16mm long, pulvini indistinct; blades elliptic, 7–19.5 by 2–7.5 cm, length/width ratio 2.6–3.5, papery. drying light greenish, base obtuse to acute, basal glands absent, margin subentire to crenulate, marginal glands many, hairy; apex acuminate, upper surface hirsute on midrib, lower surface sparsely hirsute, disc-like glands few to regular, within marginal arches; venation flat (to slightly) raised, especially below, nerves in 8–11 pairs. Inflorescences axillary. Staminate inflorescences 2–6 together, 7–16 by 1.5–2 mm, tomentose; peduncle absent; bracts triangular, 0.5–0.8 mm long; glomerules with 3-5 laxly set flowers, set rather continuously along rachis. Staminate flowers 0.5–0.8 mm long, sessile; sepals 4, obovate, 0.5–0.9 mm long; stamens 2. slightly exserted, 0.4–0.7 mm long; anthers 0.1–0.2 mm long; pistillode absent. Pistillate inflorescences 1 or 2 together, 3–4 mm long, densely tomentose, flowers up to 3, densely set along rachis; bracts triangular, 0.3–0.5 mm long. Pistillate flowers not seen, sessile; sepals in fruit 5, ovate, patent, 0.5–0.8 mm long; ovary 3-locular, sericeous; stigmas 3, slightly raised, 0.8–1 mm long, bifid to ca halfway. Infructescences ca 4 mm long. Fruits globose to broadly ovoid, not stiped, not beaked, 11–14 by 13–16 mm, drying (dark) reddish brown, sparsely hairy, wall 1–2 mm thick, not fleshy; septae and column subpilose. Seeds 8–9 by 6–7 by 3–5 mm.


Thailand : PENINSULAR: Phangnga (Khao Nongnong).


Distribution : Malay Peninsula (type), Sumatra.


Ecology : Primary or disturbed forests, swampy or shady areas, 5–360 m alt.


Vernacular : Mueat klom (เหมือดกลม)(Peninsular).


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