Chisocheton cumingianus (C.DC.) Harms var. balansae (C.DC.) Mabb. in Taxon 26: 528. 1977 & Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 6: 347. 1979. C. balansae C. DC. in Bull. Herb. Boissier 2: 578. 1894. Guarea paniculata Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 242. 1832. Chisocheton paniculatus (Roxb.) Hiern in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 552. 1875.

Tree, 10 - 15 m tall; young parts rusty-pubescent. Leaves to 1 m long; leaflets 7- 24(-30), oblong-ovate or lanceolate, unequally acute at base, entire along margins, acuminate at apex, glabrescent above, thinly pubescent along nerves beneath; secondary nerves 7 - 15 on each side, arcuating, ending parallel to margins; petiolules usually 6 - 12 mm long. Panicles to 1 m long, drooping with elongated lax branches. Flowers bracteate, ca 2 cm long, pale yellow, faintly scented; pedicels 3 - 5 mm long. Calyx cup-shaped, subtruncate, small. Petals ligulate, puberulous, imbricate. Staminal tube to 18 x 3 mm, with 6 - 8 obscure 2-fid pubescent appendages; anthers 8, sessile, linear, locellate, included. Disk annular. Ovary 4-locular; locules 1 - 2-owled; style slender, pubescent below, slightly exceeding staminal tube; stigma disciform or capitate. Capsules 4 - 9 cm across, dark orange or red; seeds black, shining; aril white or yellow.

Fl. & Fr. July - April.

Distrib. India: W. Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Tripura and Meghalaya.

Bangladesh and Myanmar.

List of Lower Taxa