Hiptage jacobsii Srivastava in Indian Foreste 110(5): 499. 1984.

Climbing shrubs; branches glabrous. Leaves linear-elliptic, acute at base, shortly acuminate at apex, 5.5 - 8.5 x 1.5 - 2.5 cm, subcoriaceous, glabrous; petioles 3 - 4 mm long, glabrous. Panicles axillary or terminal; peduncles 3.5 - 9 cm long, appressedly white-tomentose; bracts ca 1.75 mm long;bracteoles ca 1 x 0.75 mm. Flower buds globose or subglobose, 4 - 8 x 4 - 5 mm. Calyx-lobes 1.5 - 2 x 1 - 1.5 mm; glands ca 2 x 1 mm. Petals 10 - 11 mm long, denticulate. Filaments ca 5 mm long; anthers ovoid, 1 x 0.5 mm. Styles 12 - 13 mm long. Samaras ecristate, pale brown; middle wing elliptic or oblanceolate, sometimes slightly broader in middle, tapering at both ends, subacute or rounded at apex, 38 - 43 x 10 - 11 mm, glabrous; lateral wings obovate, 18 - 20 x 7 - 8 mm.

Fl. & Fr. March - May.

Distrib. India: Evergreen forests at ca 1000 m. Mizoram (Lushai Hills, Acar forest, Lunglai).

Endemic.

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