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Pteleocarpa lamponga (Miq.) Bakh. ex K.Heynewfo-0000397494

Nutt. Pl. Ned. Ind. ed. 2: 1309. 1927; Veldkamp, Fl. Males. Bull. 10(1): 47. 1988; Ng, Tree Fl. Malaya 4: 64. 1989; A.L.Dayang Awa in Soepadmo, K.M.Wong & L.G.Saw, Tree Fl. Sabah & Sarawak 2: 103, f. 4. 1996; Riedl, Fl. Males., Ser. I, Spermat. 13: 142. 1997; Brummitt, Kew Bull. 66: 1. 2011; K.Rueangsawang & Chantaranothai, Trop. Nat. His. 14(1): 2. 2014; L.Struwe et al., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 175(4): 482. 2014.— Dodonaea lamponga Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 1: 511. 1861. Fig. 1.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Synonyms & Citations :

Description : Tree to 40 m tall; bark fissured, yellowish to greenish grey; branchlets terete, reddish brown, glabrous. Leaves elliptic, obovate, obovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, 5–10 by 2–4.5 cm, apex acute to acuminate, base attenuate, margin entire or undulate, coriaceous, upper surface glabrescent, lustrous, lower surface glabrescent; midrib impressed, lateral veins in 5–7 pairs, impressed on upper surface, conspicuous on lower surface; petioles 0.8–1.7 cm long, glabrous. Inflorescences many-flowered panicle, 5–14.5 by 3.8–7.5 cm. Flowers with pedicels 3–5.5 mm long, densely pubescent, bright yellow. Calyx 1–1.2 by 0.9–1 mm; tube 0.4–0.6 mm long; lobes ovate-triangular, 0.8–1.2 by 1–1.2 mm, pubescent on both sides; apex acute; margin ciliate. Corolla 4–6 mm long; tube 1.5–2 mm long; lobes oblong, 3.5–4 by 2–3 mm, sparsely pubescent on both sides; apex rounded; margin entire. Stamens free, 4–6 mm long; filaments 3.5–4 mm long, glabrous; anther oblong, versatile or basifixed, 1.8–2 mm long. Ovary ellipsoid, 1–2 mm long, glabrous, with a short, broad pedestal-like base, narrowing to the ovary proper; style divided into 2 almost to the base, 2–3 mm long, glabrous; stigmas 2, capitate. Fruits yellowish, sometimes maturing reddish or pinkish, suborbicular, broadly winged, 1–2.2 by 1–1.6 cm, 1-seeded.

Thailand : PENINSULAR: Trang, Songkhla, Narathiwat.

Distribution : Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra (type), Java, Borneo (Sarawak).

Ecology : Lowland evergreen forests adjacent to swampy area or open margins of secondary forests along the road, 100–375 m alt.

Vernacular : Pik kom (ปีกก้อม)(Peninsular).

Uses: Ornamental tree, timber is used for house construction.