Hiptage candicans Hook. f., Pl. Brit. India 1: 419. 1874.

Small trees; young branches densely flavid-tomentose. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, ovate-oblong or elliptic-lanceoiate, acute or obtuse at base, acute or shortly acuminate at apex, 6 - 9.5 x 1.5 - 5 cm, coriaceous, densely flavid-tomentose on both surfaces when young, glabrous above when mature; petioles ca 5 mm long, tomentose. Racemes 9 - 14 cm long; pedicels 14 - 17 mm long; bracts lanceolate-ovate, 3 - 4 mm long; bracteoles lanceolate, 2 - 2.5 mm long. Flowers 2 - 3 mm across; buds subglobose to ovoid, 0.75 - 1 x 0.6 - 0.8 cm. Calyx-lobes ovate, 5 - 6 x ca 2 mm; glands ovoid, ca 3 x 0.25 mm, decurrent on pedicels. Petals fimbriate, ca 1 cm across, white. Filaments ca 11 mm long; anthers ovoid, 1 - 2 mm long. Styles ca 1.5 cm long. Samaras pilose; median wings lanceolate or oblanceolate-oblong, 2.5 - 4 x 6 - 14 mm; lateral wings ovate, 6 - 14 x 5 - 11 mm.

Fl. & Fr. March - May.

Distrib. India: River banks and sandy woods. Nagaland.

Myanmar and Vietnam.

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