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Wightia speciosissima (D.Don) Merr.wfo-0001140236

J. Arn. Arb. 19: 67. 1938; van Steenis, Bull. Bot. Gard. Buit. Ser. 2. 18: 224. 1949. J. K. Maheshwari, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 3: 32. f. A. 1962; Tsoong & Tang in Fl. Reip. Pop. Sin. 67(2): 46. f. 17. 1979; T.Yamaz. in Fl. C.L.V. 21: 15, f.3, 1–3. 1985.— Gmelina speciosissima D.Don, Prod. Fl. Nepal: 104. 1825. Plate XVI: 11.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Synonyms & Citations :

Description : Evergreen, hemi-epiphytic tree with often stout trunk and straggling branches, up to 20 m. Leaves elliptic or ovate-elliptic, 10–25 by 7–13 cm, acute to subacute at apex, rounded at base, glabrous above, glabrous or stellate-tomentose below. Petioles stout, 1.5–3.5 cm long. Inflorescences 10–20 cm long, many-flowered. Peduncles and pedicels densely stellate-tomentose. Calyx 6–7 mm long, densely stellate-tomentose, 3–5-lobed; lobes orbicular or ovate-orbicular, rounded to obtuse at apex. Corolla pink, 2.5–3.5 cm long; upper lip ca 8 mm long, bilobed, lobes ovate-orbicular; lower lip 3-lobed, lobes orbicular, 6–7 mm long. Stamens 2–3 mm long. Capsule oblong to linear-oblong, 2.5–4 by 1 cm, smooth. Seeds ca 7 mm long, 1.5 mm wide including the wing.

Thailand : NORTHERN: Chiang Mai (Doi Chiang Dao, Doi Hua Chang), Mae Hong Son (Mae La Noi), Phitsanulok (Phu Miang); NORTH-EASTERN: Loei (Phu Kradueng, Phu Luang); EASTERN: Nakhon Ratchasima (Khao Laem); SOUTH-EASTERN: Chanthaburi (Khao Soi Dao, Pong Nam Ron).

Distribution : Nepal (type), Sikkim, Bhutan, Burma, SW China, N Vietnam.

Ecology : In evergreen forests, on rocks or epiphytic, 1,300–1,900 m alt.

Vernacular : Chomphu phan (ชมภูพาน)(Central); tumka daeng (ตุมกาแดง)(Northeastern).