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1. Dimocarpus fumatus (Blume) Leenh.wfo-0000647780

Blumea 19: 119. 1971 (see also for complete synonymy); in Fl. Males., Ser. 1, Spermat. 11: 515, fig. 22a, c. 1994.— Nephelium fumatum Blume, Rumphia 3: 111. 1847. Fig. 10a, b.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Synonyms & Citations :

Description : Shrubs or trees up to 15 m high; bark dark to greyish brown. Leaves (2–)3- or 4- jugate. Leaflets elliptic to obovate, 8–24 by 4–10 cm, thin-coriaceous, greenish when dry; base cuneate to rounded; apex tapering to abruptly acuminate; glands beneath in axils of nerves and in axils of veins near margin or along the margin in shallow crenations; glabrous above, subglabrous underneath. Inflorescences up to 45 cm long. Flowers white to yellow, fragrant, ca 5 mm in diam. Sepals basally connate, 2–3 by 1.5–2.5 mm. Petals o (or 1, much reduced). Stamens: filaments 1.5–2.5 mm long; anthers 0.6–0.8 mm long. Fruits light brown, lobes 2–3.5(–4) cm in diam., short-spiny; wall up to 2 mm thick. Seeds blackish brown, shiny, up to 2.7 cm in diam.

Distribution : Indochina, SE China (Kwangsi), Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo (type), the Philippines. Reported as new for Thailand.

Ecology : In primary forests, as well on flat country as on slopes or hill tops or along river banks, mainly on sand, altitudes mostly below 100 m, up to 1,200(–1,350) m. Flowering: April–July, September, November; fruiting: July, September–December

Notes: Divided by Leenhouts (1971) into 4 subspecies; two subspecies are reported as new for Thailand. The other subspecies occur in Sumatra and Java (subsp. javensis (Radlk.) Leenh.) and on the Philippines (subsp. philippinensis Leenh.).