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5. Radermachera ignea (Kurz) Steeniswfo-0000778721

Blumea 23: 127. 1976; Santisuk & Vidal in Fl. C.L.V. 22: 24. Pl. 3, 10. 1985.— Spathodea ignea Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 40: 77. 1871.

Accepted Name : Mayodendron igneum (Kurz) Kurz
Prelim. Rep. Forest Pegu, App. A: 94. 1875; Fl. Burm. 2: 233. 1877; Clarke in Fl. Br. Ind. 4: 381. 1884; P.Dop in Fl. Gén. I. -C. 4: 579. f. 65, 5–6. 1930; Santisuk, Thai For Bull. Bot. 8: 8. f.4. 1974.

Description : Evergreen tree, 6–15 m high, sometimes partly deciduous. Leaves 2-pinnate, 18–35 cm long, 3–4-jugate; leaflets elliptic-lanceolate, ovate-lanceolate, oblong-lanceolate, 5–12 by 2–4.6 cm usually unequal-sided, glabrous; apex acuminate to caudate; base acute; underpart with crowded minute glands at the base and few in the apical area. Flowers in a very short, pubescent raceme, almost reduced to a fascicle, 1–1.7 cm long, ramiflorous. Calyx tubular, 1.5–2.2 cm long, spathaceously slit halfway towards the base; apex of lobes acute with a few minute teeth. Corolla orange, tubular-funnel-shaped, 4.4–7 cm long, straight, the upper part barrel-shaped owing to a slight contraction, widest below the limb, with very short subequal lobes. Stamens hairy at insertion. Capsule 32–45 cm long; valves 4–6 mm broad. Seeds 13–15 by 2 mm.

Thailand : NORTHERN: Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai, Lampang, Phrae; SOUTH-WESTERN: Uthai Thani.

Distribution : S China (Yunnan), Burma (type), Laos, Vietnam (Tonkin, Annam).

Ecology : Frequent on limestone hills and along the edges of evergreen forests, up to ca 1,000 m alt.

Vernacular : Kasalong kham (กาซะลองคำ), oi chang (อ้อยช้าง), khae po (แคเป๊าะ), sa phao (สะเภา), sam phao (สำเภา), lam ton (หลามต้น)(Northern).