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Strophioblachia fimbricalyx Boerl.wfo-0000317363

Handl. 3, 1: 236, 284. 1900; Pax & K.Hoffm. in Engl., Pflanzenr. IV, 147. iii: 36. 1911; IV. 147. v: 285. 1912; Nguyen Nghia Thin, Vu Hoai Dục & Welzen, Blumea 43: 485, fig. 1–4, map 1. 1998. Fig. 84–86.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Synonyms & Citations :

Description : Shrub to treelet, up to 2 m high. Leaves: petiole 0.5–7 cm long; blade 2.6–19 by 1.3–9.5 cm, length/width ratio 2–2.3, apex acuminate to caudate, the tip rounded to acute, nerves 6 or 7 per side between footnerves and apex. Inflorescences up to 7 cm long, axes green. Staminate flowers 4–4.5 mm in diam.; pedicel 5–20 mm long; sepals 3–4 by 2–3.5 mm, creamish-white; petals (0–)1–2.8 by (0–)1.2–3.8 mm; disc lobes 0.7–1.2 by 0.3–0.8 mm; stamens white to light yellow, anthers 0.3–0.6 by 0.3–0.5 mm. Pistillate flowers 5–15 mm in diam.; pedicel up to 13 mm long; sepals and fimbriae green to pale yellow, blade 4–8.5 by 2.8–4 mm, fimbriae up to 1 mm long; ovary 1.2–2 by 1.7–2 mm. Fruit 11–13 by 8–10 mm, (dark) green; sepals 12–15 by 7.5–10 mm with the fimbriae up to 4.2 mm long. Seeds globose, 6–7 by 5.5–6 by 4.5–5 mm.

Thailand : NORTH-EASTERN: Maha Sarakham (Chiang Yuen), Khon Kaen (Ban Nong Khuean); EASTERN: Nakhon Ratchasima (Ban Phai); SOUTH-WESTERN: Prachuap Khiri Khan (Huai Yang); CENTRAL: Saraburi; SOUTH-EASTERN: Chon Buri (Chundaten, Sattahip).

Distribution : S China, Cambodia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Sulawesi (type). A typical dry monsoon distribution.

Ecology : Secondary forests, but also at the margin of primary forests, in dry evergreen forests, deciduous forests, and (occasionally burned) bamboo forests; solitary to common; soil: rocky, granitic, calcareous or sand; sea level up to 250 m alt.

Vernacular : Dok khrui (ดอกครุย); ba sat (บ๊าซาด)(Northeastern).

Uses: Dry seeds are use in fermented drinks in the Philippines, Mindoro.