Sloanea tomentosa
(Denth.) Rehder & Wilson in Sarg., Pl. Wilson. 2: 362. 1916
Echinocarpus tomentosus Benth. in J. Linn. Soc. 5 Suppl. 2: 72. 1861; Masters in Fl. Brit. India 1: 400. 1874.
Nep.: Runche.
Trees, 30 - 40 m tall; branchlets densely brown tomentose. Leaves often crowded at tips of branchlets, 15 - 22 x 7 -10 cm, elliptic or ovate, acute or narrowed to subcordate or rounded at base, acuminate at apex, coarsely toothed, coriaceous, veins prominent beneath, glabrous above, tomentose beneath; petioles 2 - 5 cm long, swollen at both ends, densely tomentose. Flowers pale white, 1 - 2 cm across, axillary, solitary, subtended by often bract-like leaves; pedicels 2 - 4 cm long, tomentose, often elongating in fruits. Sepals 4(- 5), 7 - 10 mm long, ovate or oblong-ovate, pointed, tomentose outside. Petals 4(- 5), creamy white, free or connate, 8 - 10 mm long, oblong, concave, variously cut at apex, pubescent. Stamens numerous; filaments 3 - 4 mm long, pilose; anthers 2 - 3.5 mm long, linear with ca 1.5 - 2 mm long awns. Disc broad, flattened or cushion-shaped, pitted. Ovary globose, 4-loculed, sericeous; styles 8 - 10 mm long, hairy at base. Capsules 3.5 - 4 cm across, globose or ovoid; 4 - 5-valved; valves 3 - 4 cm long, woody, densely covered with 2 - 3 mm long plumose bristles; bristles dilated towards apex, deciduous. Seeds arillate.
Fl. July - Sept.; Fr. Oct. - Dec.
Uses. India: In moist deciduous and semi-evergreen forests between 1500 and 2000 m. Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal (Darjeeling), Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya and Manipur.
Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand and China (Yunnan).
Trees, 30 - 40 m tall; branchlets densely brown tomentose. Leaves often crowded at tips of branchlets, 15 - 22 x 7 -10 cm, elliptic or ovate, acute or narrowed to subcordate or rounded at base, acuminate at apex, coarsely toothed, coriaceous, veins prominent beneath, glabrous above, tomentose beneath; petioles 2 - 5 cm long, swollen at both ends, densely tomentose. Flowers pale white, 1 - 2 cm across, axillary, solitary, subtended by often bract-like leaves; pedicels 2 - 4 cm long, tomentose, often elongating in fruits. Sepals 4(- 5), 7 - 10 mm long, ovate or oblong-ovate, pointed, tomentose outside. Petals 4(- 5), creamy white, free or connate, 8 - 10 mm long, oblong, concave, variously cut at apex, pubescent. Stamens numerous; filaments 3 - 4 mm long, pilose; anthers 2 - 3.5 mm long, linear with ca 1.5 - 2 mm long awns. Disc broad, flattened or cushion-shaped, pitted. Ovary globose, 4-loculed, sericeous; styles 8 - 10 mm long, hairy at base. Capsules 3.5 - 4 cm across, globose or ovoid; 4 - 5-valved; valves 3 - 4 cm long, woody, densely covered with 2 - 3 mm long plumose bristles; bristles dilated towards apex, deciduous. Seeds arillate.
Fl. July - Sept.; Fr. Oct. - Dec.
Uses. India: In moist deciduous and semi-evergreen forests between 1500 and 2000 m. Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal (Darjeeling), Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya and Manipur.
Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand and China (Yunnan).
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