Dysoxylum pallens
Hiern in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 548.1875; Kanj. et al., Fl.
Assam 1: 233. 1937; Grierson & Long, Fl. Bhutan 2: 38. 1991.
Small tree with a spreading crown; bark dark-brown and plain outside, reddish-brown with streaks of lighter colour inside. Leaves 22 -
80 cm long; leaflets 2 -
5 pairs,
alternate, oblong or elliptic, oblique at base, entire along margins, acuminate at apex, 7
-
25 x 3 - 10 cm, glabrous; secondary nerves 15 -
20 on each side, arched, slender and
prominent; petiolules 5 -
7 mm long, stout. Racemes spicate, 2 -
25 cm long, puberulous.
Flowers ca 8 mm long, greenish white, fragrant; pedicels ca 2.5 mm long, stout. Calyx
cup-shaped, deeply 4-, rarely 5-lobed, 1 -
2 mm long, puberulous. Petals generally 4, ca
8 mm long, thick, pubescent outside, valvate. Staminal tube glabrous, unevenly 8-toothed; anthers 8, exserted. Disk glabrous, obscurely toothed at apex, scarcely exceed-
in, ovary. Ovary hairy; style columnar, shortly hairy below. Capsules 2.5 -
4 cm across,
pubescent.
Fl. & Fr. Feb.
Distrib. India: Sikkim, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya.
Notes. Haridasan & Rao (Forest Flora of Meghalaya 1985) did not include this species. According to Grierson and Long (l.c.) it is a poorly known species and may not be distinct from D. cyrtobotryum Miq.
Fl. & Fr. Feb.
Distrib. India: Sikkim, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya.
Notes. Haridasan & Rao (Forest Flora of Meghalaya 1985) did not include this species. According to Grierson and Long (l.c.) it is a poorly known species and may not be distinct from D. cyrtobotryum Miq.