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1. Lepisanthes ferruginea (Radik.) Leenh.wfo-0000446213

Blumea 17: 69. 1969; in Fl. Males., Ser. 1, Spermat. 11: 634, fig. 52d. 1994.— Hebecoccus ferrugineus Radlk., Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. Cl. K.D.Koenigl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. München 8: 301. 1878.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Description : Trees up to 20 m high. Leaves paripinnate, 1- or 2–(3-)jugate. Leaflets ovate to elliptic, 9.5–20 by 3.7–8.2 cm, chartaceous; base obtuse to acute; apex obtuse to acuminate, slightly tapering; glabrous on both sides. Inflorescences up to 45 cm long, golden velvety when dry. Flowers white, scented. Sepals 5, outer two ovate, inner three broadly obovate, 2.8–3.5 by 2–2.5 mm. Petals 5, hardly clawed, blade obovate, 1.5–3 by 1–2 mm; scale single, broad, apically lobed, ciliate, not crested. Stamens: filaments ca 3.5 mm long; anthers ca 1 mm long. Ovary 3-locular. Fruits lobed, ca 2.5 cm in diam., strongly wrinkled when dry, lobed, densely ferrugineous (orange to brown when fresh) velvety. Seeds usually 1 or 2, slightly flattened ellipsoid, ca 18 by 12 by 10 mm; hilum ca 5 by 2.mm.

Thailand : SOUTH-WESTERN: Kanchanaburi (Pilok), Prachuap Khiri Khan (Huai Yang Falls); PENINSULAR: Surat Thani.

Distribution : Thailand (new record), Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java (type).

Ecology : In primary rain forests, evergreen forests, depauperate scrubby forests, up to 580 m alt. Flowering and fruiting: mainly October–February.

Uses: Timber used for construction.