| | | Intsia bijuga (Colebr.) O.Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl.: 191. 1891. | | Leguminosae-Caesalpinioideae | |
Description: Tree up to 40 m tall, buttresses to 2 m tall. Leaves paripinnate, rachis 2–5 cm, petioles 1.5–4 cm; leaflets 2–3 pairs, asymatric, ovate or obovate, 5–18 cm long; apex and base rounded; blade glabrous; petiolules 0.2–0.8 cm. Inflorescences racemose, terminal or lateral, 5–10 cm long, peduncle ca 1 cm long. Pedicels 0.7–1.2 cm. Receptacle as the same length as sepals. Sepals elliptic, greenish, 0.8–1 cm long. Petal 1, white, turning pink or red; claw ca 0.5 cm long; lamina 0.7–1 x 1–1.5 cm. Fertile stamens 3, ca 3 cm long; anther ca 0.2 cm long; staminodes 4–7, to 1 cm long. Ovary shortly stipitate, pubescent; style pubescent at base, ca 4 cm long. Pods oblong to lanceolate, 8.5–25 cm long. Seeds up to to 8, orbicular, flat, 2–3.5 cm in diam. | | | |
Distribution: Madagascar, S India, lower Myanmar, S Vietnam, Malesia, Australia. In Thailand found in the southeast and peninsular, in peat swamp, mangrove and coastal forestsม, to 600 m.
Notes: Last updated on 23 December 2016. | |
Thai name: Lumpho thale (หลุมพอทะเล) | |
Photos: Preecha Karaket (Chanthaburi) | |
References:
| Ding Hou. 1994. Studies in Malesian Caesalpinioideae (Leguminosae). I. the genera Acrocarpus, Afzelia, Copaifera, and Intsia. Blumea 38: 313–330. | | Larsen, K., S.S. Larsen and J.E. Vidal. 1984. Leguminosae-Caesalpinioideae. Flora of Thailand Vol. 4: 124–126. |
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