Dysoxylum densiforum
Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno Batavum 4: 9. 1868;
Balakr. in Bull. Bot. Surv. India 25: 59. 1982.
Tree, 15 -
30 m tall. Leaves 30 -
40 cm long; leaflet 13 -
19, alternate, elliptic-oblong,
ovate or obovate, rounded or subcuneate at base, entire along margins, acute or
acuminate at apex, 5 -
25 x 0.3 -
1 cm, glabrous or shortly puberulous on nerves beneath;
secondary nerves 10 -
15 on each side, prominent beneath; petiolules 2 - 8 mm long,
puberulous. Racemose spikes 3 -
9 cm long, fascicled. Flowers bracteate, ca 1.5 cm
long, scented, white; pedicels to 2 mm long, pubescent. Calyx cup-shaped, 3 -
4 mm long,
hairy with 4 rounded lobes. Petals 4, linear-oblong, obtuse, recurved and curled back
in upper half, 10 -
12 x 2 - 3 mm, pubescent outside. Staminal tube cylindric, shorter than petals, glabrous outside, puberulous inside, 8-toothed at apex; anthers 7 - 8, included
or partly exserted. Disk glabrous, cylindric, silky-hairy, 4 locular; style hairy; stigma
capitate, subpeltate. Capsules obovoid-ellipsoid, 4 -
6 cm long, minutely pubescent.
Fl. & Fr. Nov. - Mar.
Distrib. India: Andaman & Nicobar Islands; Great Nicobar.
Malesia.
Fl. & Fr. Nov. - Mar.
Distrib. India: Andaman & Nicobar Islands; Great Nicobar.
Malesia.