| | | Mallotus kongkandae Welzen & Phattarahirankanok, Blumea vol. 46(1): 67-69. 2001. | | Euphorbiaceae | |
Description: Small tree ca 8 m tall, young parts tomentose consisting of simple and stellate hairs and glandular scales. Leaves tomentose when young, drying greenish, with 2 black glandular at base; tomentose below, white glandular scales many; venation penninerved, trinerved. Flowers unknown. Infructescences tomentose. Fruits with dense covering of orange (green when dry) glandular scales, somewhat ribbed and pustular when dry, tardily dehiscing loculicidally, partly septicidally; wall thick; column c. 6 mm long, apically broadened and T-shaped, caducous. Seeds dark brown, naked. | | | |
Distribution: Endemic to northern Thailand, recorded from Kamphaengphet (Mae Wong) and Chiang Rai (Doi Tung) in montane forest, 1,300–1,400 m. The specific epithet is named in honour of Dr Kongkanda Chayamarit, the main collector of type specimens.
Notes: Last updated on 28 September 2016. | |
Thai name: Tang kai pa (ต่างไก่ป่า) | |
Photos: T. Boonthavikoon (Mae Wong, Kamphaengphet). | |
References:
| van Welzen, P.C. and K. Phattarahirankanok. 2001. Mallotus kongkandae (Euphorbiaceae), a new species from Thailand. Blumea 46: 67–69. |
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