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1. Cnesmone javanica Blumewfo-0000898219

Bijdr.: 630. 1825; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 5: 466. 1888; Ridl., Fl. Malay. Penin. 3: 306. 1924; Gagnep. in Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 5: 385. 1926; Backer & Bakh.f., Fl. Java 1: 490. 1963; Airy Shaw, Kew Bull. 26: 240. 1972. Fig. 41; Plate X: 1.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Synonyms & Citations :

Description : Plant strongly hirsute, covered with stinging hairs. Stipules triangular, 5–8 by 3–5 mm. Leaves: petiole 1.5–9 cm long; blade oblong or ovate, 6–17 by 3–7.5 cm, base deeply cordale, slightly auriculate, margin densely denticulate or serrulate, apex acuminate or cuspidate, surfaces with patent hairs and scattered bristles. Inflorescences 3–9 cm long. Flowers green. Staminate flowers many; calyx lobes triangular, ca 5 mm long, acute, outside hairy; stamens nearly enveloped by the calyx-tube, filaments thick, widened towards the apex. Pistillate flowers 1 to 2 at the base of inflorescence, subsessile; sepals ovate, 7–10 mm long, velutinous on both surfaces; ovary densely pilose; stigmas persistent. Fruits ca 1.5 by 0.7 cm; pedicel ca 3 mm long.

Thailand : NORTHERN: Phrae; NORTH-EASTERN: Nakhon Ratchasima; SOUTH WESTERN: Prachuap Khiri Khan; SOUTH-EASTERN: Chon Buri; PENINSULAR: Surat Thani, Trang, Songkhla.

Distribution : Assam, Burma, Indochina, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, Java.

Ecology : Scattered in evergreen forests or bamboo forests, common long limestone boulders, sometimes in clearings, up to 200 m alt.

Vernacular : Tam yae khrua (ตำแยเครือ)(Saraburi); ra-cha-se-khue (ราชาเซคึย)(Karen-Kanchanaburi); karang tang kwang (กะรังตังกวาง)(Peninsular).