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Filicium decipiens (Wight & Arn.) Thwaites & Hookerwfo-0000690971

En. Pl. Zeyl.: 59 (sub Pteridophyllum decipiens), 408. 1864; Radlk. in Engl., Pflanzenr. 98: 1427. 1933; Welzen in Fl. Males., Ser. 1, Spermat. 11: 754, fig. 86. 1994.— Rhus decipiens Wight & Arn., Prod. 1: 172, t. 45. 1834.— Pteridophyllum decipiens (Wight & Arn.) Thwaites & Hooker, En. Pl. Zeyl.: 1854, 1855.— Jurighas decipiens (Wight & Arn.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 1: 144. 1891. Fig. 12.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Description : Trees up to 11 m high, bark greyish brown, longitudinally grooved on branches. Leaves 5–8-jugate, wing along rachis up to 2.5 mm wide. Leaves elliptic to obovate, 6–11 by 1.5–2.2 cm, parchment-like; base caudate; apex emarginate to obtusely shortly acuminate. Inflorescences up to 20 cm long. Flowers pinkish white, 4–5 mm in diam. Sepals ovate, ca 2.3 by 1.2 mm. Petals (young flower) ovate, ca 1.4 by 1.1 mm. Stamens in pistillate flowers not exserted: filaments ca 0.8 mm long; anthers ca 0.7 by 0.3 mm. Fruits ellipsoid, 13–16 mm long, wall thin, not stipitate.

Thailand : CENTRAL: Krung Thep Maha Nakhon (Bangkok) (cultivated).

Distribution : Originally known from E Africa, India, and Sri Lanka (type), now introduced pantropically.

Ecology : Needs a dry period to grow well and flower. Flowering in at least January.

Vernacular : Tan sian (ตานเสี้ยน)(Central).

Uses: An attractive ornamental tree.