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3. Smythea oblongifolia (Blume) Cahen & Utteridgewfo-0001421837

Kew Bull. 73(1)–2: 18. 2018, fig. 5.— Ventilago oblongifolia Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 17: 1144. 1926; Yilin & Schirarend in Wu et al., Fl. China 12: 166. 2007. Fig. 6B–D.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Synonyms & Citations :

Description : Scandent shrub or woody climber; branchlets reddish brown pubescent. Leaves narrowly elliptic to oblong, 6–12 by 2–4 cm, base rounded to acute, often slightly asymmetric, apex acute to acuminate, margin serrate, chartaceous, venation pinnate, lateral veins 4–6 on each side, slightly impressed adaxially, prominent abaxially, both surfaces glabrous, except hairy along veins; petiole slender, 2–4 mm long, glabrous or minutely pilose. Inflorescences terminal, cymose panicles, to 20 cm long; peduncles reddish brown tomentose. Flowers 5-merous, very small, 1–2 mm in diam.; pedicels minute, ca 1 mm long, brownish pubescent. Hypanthium shallow pubescent outside. Sepals triangular, ca 1 mm long. Petals spathulate. Disc glabrous. Ovary globose, pubescent; style 2-cleft. Fruit a samara; fruit body subglobose, basally enclosed for about 1/4 enclosed by remnants of hypanthium, disc-shaped; fruit wing narrowly oblong, 6–8 cm long, densely pubescent, apex acute, distinctly pointed.

Thailand : EASTERN: Nakhon Ratchasima (Tha Chang, Chanthuek), Ubon Ratchathani;CENTRAL: Nakhon Nayok; SOUTH-EASTERN: Prachin Buri, Chon Buri, Chanthaburi; PENINSULAR: Surat Thani, Krabi, Satun, Narathiwat (Waeng, Bala-Hala, Sukhirin).

Distribution : India, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia (type), the Philippines.

Ecology : Scattered along stream banks, ca 200 m alt.