Hiptage acuminata
Wallich ex A. Juss. in Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. ser. 2. 13: 269. 1840;
Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 419. 1874.
Kh.: Jerem ai-Soh-Pad-Purao.
Shrubs, rarely climbers; branches scabrid; branchlets pubescent when young. Leaves linear-lanceolate, caudate-acuminate at apex, 6 - 14 x 2.2 - 4.5 cm, coriaceous, glabrous; foliar glands often present in intramarginal nervules; petioles ca 5 mm long, glabrescent. Racemes axillary, 2.5 - 6 cm long, rusty-tomentose; pedicels stout, ca mm long in buds, 2 - 2.5 cm long in fruits, articulate at 1 - 1.2 cm below calyx; bracts ca 2.3 mm long; bracteoles ca 1 mm long. Flowers ca 1.7 cm across. Calyx-lobes ca 4 x 2 mm, tomentose above; glands ovoid, ca 3 x 2 mm. Petals suborbicular. Filaments 5 - 10 mm long; anthers ovoid, 1 - 2 mm long. Styles ca 1.25 cm long. Samaras dark brown; median wing oblanceolate-bovate, ca 3.5 x 1.7 cm; lateral wings oblique-blong, 1.8 - 2 x 0.5 - 0.8 cm; crista sometimes present, ca 4 x 2 mm.
Distrib. India: Along evergreen forest margins up to 1350 m. Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya and Nagaland.
Fl. & Fr. Feb. - Aug.
Endemic.
Shrubs, rarely climbers; branches scabrid; branchlets pubescent when young. Leaves linear-lanceolate, caudate-acuminate at apex, 6 - 14 x 2.2 - 4.5 cm, coriaceous, glabrous; foliar glands often present in intramarginal nervules; petioles ca 5 mm long, glabrescent. Racemes axillary, 2.5 - 6 cm long, rusty-tomentose; pedicels stout, ca mm long in buds, 2 - 2.5 cm long in fruits, articulate at 1 - 1.2 cm below calyx; bracts ca 2.3 mm long; bracteoles ca 1 mm long. Flowers ca 1.7 cm across. Calyx-lobes ca 4 x 2 mm, tomentose above; glands ovoid, ca 3 x 2 mm. Petals suborbicular. Filaments 5 - 10 mm long; anthers ovoid, 1 - 2 mm long. Styles ca 1.25 cm long. Samaras dark brown; median wing oblanceolate-bovate, ca 3.5 x 1.7 cm; lateral wings oblique-blong, 1.8 - 2 x 0.5 - 0.8 cm; crista sometimes present, ca 4 x 2 mm.
Distrib. India: Along evergreen forest margins up to 1350 m. Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya and Nagaland.
Fl. & Fr. Feb. - Aug.
Endemic.
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