Alphonsea madraspatana
Beddome, Icon. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 92. 1868 -
1874; Hook.
f. & Thomson in Fl. Brit. India 1: 89. 1872.
Trees. Leaves ovate-lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, rounded or cuneate at base,
obtuse, 7 -
9 x 2.8 -
3.5 cm, rugulose, glabrous or slightly puberulous; petioles ca 5 mm
long, rugulose, glabrous or slightly puberulous. Flowers 1 - 6, fascicled on leaf-opposed,
supra-axillary peduncle; pedicels 7 - 10 mm long, puberulous, bracteate below the
middle. Sepals 3, ovate, very small. Petals 6 (3 + 3), subequal, ovate, acute, 4 -
5 x 4 mm,
bright yellow, puberulous outside, thin. Stamens 12 in 2 series, ca 1 mm long; filaments
short; connectives flat at top. Carpels few (3 -
4), oblong, ca 2 mm long, pubescent; ovules
ca 8 in two rows; stigma globose. Ripe carpels ovoid, 1 -
2 cm long, yellow, tomentose;
stalk 1 -
2 mm long, stout. Seeds few, in two rows.
Fl. May; Fr. Aug.
Distrib. India: Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
Endemic.
Fl. May; Fr. Aug.
Distrib. India: Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
Endemic.