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3. Ardisia undulatodentata H.R.Fletcherwfo-0000545337

Kew Bull. 1937: 39; in Fl. Siam. En. 2: 350. 1938.

Accepted Name : Ardisia cymosa Blume
Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 689. 1826.

Description : Small shrub ca 0.3 m high; branchlets densely covered with rusty scales when young, later glabrescent, greyish, striate when dry. Leaves chartaceous; petiole 5–10 mm, initially rusty scaly; lamina narrowly elliptic, 5–10 by 1.5–3 cm, apex shortly acuminate or somewhat acute, base cuneate, crenate-dentate, with obtuse teeth, glabrous or with a few scattered rusty scales above, rather densely covered with rusty peltate scales beneath, especially on midrib; glandular dots many, scattered; lateral nerves 10–12 pairs, slightly raised beneath, meeting in a looped intramarginal vein; veins and veinlets fine, visible on both surfaces. Inflorescence axillary, usually a 2-flowered simple umbel, rarely with 1–2 branches and in a few-flowered panicle. Peduncle equaling the pedicel (5–8 mm), all densely rusty scaly. Calyx ca 1.25 mm, split almost to base; lobes ovate, scaly outside, dotted with thick glands. Corolla-tube very short; lobes ovate, 2.5 by 2 mm, acute, dotted with red glands. Stamens ca 2 mm; anthers acute. Ovary ovoid; style ca 3.5 mm.

Thailand : PENINSULAR: Surat Thani (Langsuan, Thako – type: Put 1631 -K).

Distribution : Endemic.

Ecology : In lowland evergreen forests.

Vernacular : Tapet hin (ตาเป็ดหิน)(Peninsula).