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1. Aspidopterys concava (Wall.) A.Juss.wfo-0000552347

Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. Sér. 2. 13: 266. 1840; Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 3: 509. 1843; Hook.f. in Fl. Br. Ind. 1: 420. 1874; Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 43 (2): 137. 1874; Fl. Burma 1: 175. 1877; King, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 62(2): 195. 1893; Hutch., Kew Bull. 1917: 98; Ridl., Fl. Malay Penins. 1: 329. 1922; Niedenzu in Pflanzenr. 91: 22. 1928; Arénes in Fl. Gén. I.-C. Suppl. 1: 532. 1945; Jacobs in Fl. Males. I. 5: 129. 1955.— Hiraea concava Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 1: 13. 1830. Fig. 64.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Description : Young parts red-brown hairy. Leaves subcoriaceous, ovate-elliptic to ovate-oblong, 5–9 by 2.5–6 cm; apex retuse; base obtuse or rounded; mature leaves glabrous, except the proximal part of the midrib beneath; margin hyaline and often red hairy; lateral veins 4–5 pairs; petiole 1–1.5 cm long, sparsely hairy. Inflorescences rusty brownish pubescent, with short rachis, up to 12 cm long; peduncle 0.5–5 cm long; pedicels articulate at the middle, basal part densely hairy, more sparsely hairy towards the tip, older glabrous, except below the bracteoles, in flower 1–1.5 cm long, in fruit 2.5–3.5 cm long; bracts ca 1 mm long; bracteoles minute. Sepals ovate-oblong; apex rounded, ca 2 by 1 mm, glabrous. Petals whitish, oblong; apex rounded, 4–5 by 2–3 mm. Stamens: filaments 1.5–2 mm long, as long as the anthers. Ovary glabrous; styles 3–4 mm long; disk-lobes persistent, ca 2 mm long. Mericarps: lateral wings orbicular, pale, translucent; dorsal wing small, broadened towards base. Seeds triangular, 5–6 by 3–4 mm.

Thailand : PENINSULAR: Phangnga, Krabi, Satun, Nahathiwat.

Distribution : Burma (type), Malay Peninsula, Indochina, Borneo, Java.

Ecology : In evergreen forests, 100–400 m alt.