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Reissantia indica (Willd.) N.Halléwfo-0000399157

Mém. Inst. Fr. Afr. Noire 64: 85. 1962; Ding Hou in Steenis, Fl. Males. ser. 1, 6: 401. 1964; N.Hallé, Adansonia ser. 2, 17: 408. 1978; P.H.Hô, Câyco Viêtnam (Ill. Fl. Vietnam) II, 1: 192, fig. 4166. 1992.— Hippocratea indica Willd., Sp. Pl. 1: 193. 1797; M.A.Lawson in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 1: 624. 1875; Kurz, Forest Fl. Burma 1: 256. 1877; Pierre, Fl. Forest. Cochinch 19: t. 302A. 1894; King, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 65: 359. 1896; Ridl., Fl. Malay Penin. 1: 455. 1922.— Pristimera indica (Willd.) A.C.Sm., Amer. J. Bot. 28: 440. 1941; Tardieu in Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine Suppl.: 817. 1948; J.S.Ma, Z.X.Zhang, Q.R.Liu, H.Peng & Funston in Z.Y.Wu, P.H.Raven & D.Y.Hong, Fl. China 11: 491. 2008. Fig. 15.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Synonyms & Citations :

Description : Lianas, sometimes small shrubs. Leaves chartaceous, ovate, broad-ovate, elliptic, rarely obovate, 3.5–13 by 2–6.5 cm, base cuneate, apex acuminate or shortly apiculate, margin crenulate, nerves 5–8 per side, petiole 5–8 mm long. Inflorescences cymose, 2–7 cm long, sometimes very short, usually with supplementary branchlets in the dichotomies; peduncle very short, sometimes to 3.5 cm long; pedicels less than 1 mm long. Calyx lobes less than 1 mm long, papillate on both surfaces. Petals ± oblong, 1–1.5 mm long, papillate on both surfaces. Stamens 3, 0.5–1 mm long. Pistil minute, slightly emerging from the disc. Ovary 3-loculed, ovules 2 in each locule. Fruits capsular, the mericarps elliptic or obovate-oblong, 3–6.5 by ca 1.5 cm, valves leathery. Seeds (incl. wing) 2.5–3.5 cm, seed proper elliptic, ca 1 mm long.

Thailand : NORTHERN: Lamphun (Mae Tha), Lampang (Doi Luang, Mae Kung); NORTH-EASTERN: Loei (Wang Saphung); CENTRAL: Saraburi (Sam Lan); PENINSULAR: Surat Thani (Ko Pha-ngan, Ko Samui), Phuket (Thalang), Krabi (Sai Po), Nakhon Si Thammarat (Ta Yai), Narathiwat.

Distribution : India (type), Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines.

Ecology : In shaded places behind the beaches, in evergreen forests, sometimes also found in deciduous and peat swamp forests, from sea level to 650 m alt. Flowering: February–May, December; fruiting: September, December.