Polyalthia Jenkinsii
(Hook. f. & Thomson) Hook. f. & Thomson in Fl. Brit. India
1: 64. 1872. Guatteria jenkinsii Hook. f. & Thomson, Fl. Ind. 141 . 1855.
Asm.: Koliri, Kola-khamtou; Kh.: Dieng-ther; Nep.: Kalikath.
Trees; young branches sparsely rufous pubescent, glabrous with age. Leaves elliptic, ovate to oblong-lanceolate, acute or rounded to subcuneate at base, acute to shortly and abruptly acuminate at apex, 10 - 20 x 4 - 6 cm, membranous or subchartaceous, glabrous; lateral nerves 6 - 8 pairs; petioles 6 - 8 mm long, puberulous. Flowers solitary, axillary, rarely in pairs, 6 - 8 mm long, white to pale yellow, sweet-scented; pedicels 1 - 2 cm long, expanding towards apex, appressed rusty tomentose; bracts at the base or submedian on pedicels, caducous. Sepals 3, suborbicular to ovate, acute, 3 - 5 x 2 - 4 mm, puberulous outside. Petals 6 (3 + 3), subequal, greenish yellow, broadly oblanceolate, narrowed at base, subacute at apex, 3.5 - 4 x 1.5 - 2 cm, subcoriaceous, puberulous to glabrous, faintly nerved. Stamens numerous, ca 1 mm long; connectives flat or convex. Carpels many, linear-oblong, ca 1.5 mm long, hairy; ovule 1; style short; stigma globose, slightly curved. Ripe carpels many, linear-oblong, slightly apiculate, ca 1.5 cm long, glabrous; stalks ca 1.5 cm long. Seed 1, smooth.
Fl. Aug. - Oct.; Fr. Dec. - June.
Distrib. India: Assam, Manipur and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
Indo-china, Malaysia and Philippines.
Notes. Wood used for house posts.
Trees; young branches sparsely rufous pubescent, glabrous with age. Leaves elliptic, ovate to oblong-lanceolate, acute or rounded to subcuneate at base, acute to shortly and abruptly acuminate at apex, 10 - 20 x 4 - 6 cm, membranous or subchartaceous, glabrous; lateral nerves 6 - 8 pairs; petioles 6 - 8 mm long, puberulous. Flowers solitary, axillary, rarely in pairs, 6 - 8 mm long, white to pale yellow, sweet-scented; pedicels 1 - 2 cm long, expanding towards apex, appressed rusty tomentose; bracts at the base or submedian on pedicels, caducous. Sepals 3, suborbicular to ovate, acute, 3 - 5 x 2 - 4 mm, puberulous outside. Petals 6 (3 + 3), subequal, greenish yellow, broadly oblanceolate, narrowed at base, subacute at apex, 3.5 - 4 x 1.5 - 2 cm, subcoriaceous, puberulous to glabrous, faintly nerved. Stamens numerous, ca 1 mm long; connectives flat or convex. Carpels many, linear-oblong, ca 1.5 mm long, hairy; ovule 1; style short; stigma globose, slightly curved. Ripe carpels many, linear-oblong, slightly apiculate, ca 1.5 cm long, glabrous; stalks ca 1.5 cm long. Seed 1, smooth.
Fl. Aug. - Oct.; Fr. Dec. - June.
Distrib. India: Assam, Manipur and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
Indo-china, Malaysia and Philippines.
Notes. Wood used for house posts.
