Ixonanthes reticulata
Jack, Malay. Misc. 2, 7: 51. 1822; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India. 1: 417. 1874; R. Kool in Blumea 26: 200.1980. Gordonia decandra Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 573. 1832. Ixonanthes khasiana Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 416. 1874.
Garo: Selabl, Ihing-buphai (Kuki).
Trees, ca 40 m tall; trunk 80 cm in diam., fluted at base. Leaves 7 - 13 x 2.5 - 5 cm, elliptic-lanceolate to oblong, narrowed and decurrent into short petiole at base, obtusely acuminate at apex, entire, membranous, glabrous, secondary nerves 6 - 9 on either half with many intermediate nerves, very oblique; petioles 0.6 - 1.8 cm long, glabrous. Peduncles slender, 4 - 10.5 cm long, obscurely winged. Flowers ca 5 mm across; pedicels 3 - 8 mm long. Sepals 2 - 5 x 1 - 4 mm. Petals 3 - 7 x 2 - 4 mm, suborbicular, enlargedand hardened round the fruit. Stamens 10; filaments linear; anthers oblong. Ovary 5-locular; styles ca 3 cm long; stigmas discoid. Capsules 3 - 4 x 1 - 1.5 cm, oblong, pointed at apex 5-valved. Seeds wigned at tip, ca 2.5 cm long, wing 1 - 1.5 x 0.4 - 0.6 cm, obliquely oblong.
Fl. & Fr. April - Dec.
Distrib. India: Assam and Meghalaya.
Myanmar, S. Vietnam, N. Vietnam, S. China, Hong Kong and Malesia.
Wood light brown, even grained, traversed by numerous wavy concentric but discontinuous bands of soft tissue, medullary rays very fine - suitable for cabinet work (Kanjilal et al., FI. Assam 1: 186. 1934).
Trees, ca 40 m tall; trunk 80 cm in diam., fluted at base. Leaves 7 - 13 x 2.5 - 5 cm, elliptic-lanceolate to oblong, narrowed and decurrent into short petiole at base, obtusely acuminate at apex, entire, membranous, glabrous, secondary nerves 6 - 9 on either half with many intermediate nerves, very oblique; petioles 0.6 - 1.8 cm long, glabrous. Peduncles slender, 4 - 10.5 cm long, obscurely winged. Flowers ca 5 mm across; pedicels 3 - 8 mm long. Sepals 2 - 5 x 1 - 4 mm. Petals 3 - 7 x 2 - 4 mm, suborbicular, enlargedand hardened round the fruit. Stamens 10; filaments linear; anthers oblong. Ovary 5-locular; styles ca 3 cm long; stigmas discoid. Capsules 3 - 4 x 1 - 1.5 cm, oblong, pointed at apex 5-valved. Seeds wigned at tip, ca 2.5 cm long, wing 1 - 1.5 x 0.4 - 0.6 cm, obliquely oblong.
Fl. & Fr. April - Dec.
Distrib. India: Assam and Meghalaya.
Myanmar, S. Vietnam, N. Vietnam, S. China, Hong Kong and Malesia.
Wood light brown, even grained, traversed by numerous wavy concentric but discontinuous bands of soft tissue, medullary rays very fine - suitable for cabinet work (Kanjilal et al., FI. Assam 1: 186. 1934).
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