Dillenia scabrella
Roxb. ex Wallich, Pl. As. Rar. 1: 20, t. 22. 1830; Hook. f. &
Thomson in Fl. Brit. India 1: 38. 1872.
Asm.: Banji-ou, Daine-oksi; Beng.: Hargeza.
Deciduous trees, up to 30 tall. Leaves ovate to narrowly obovate, obtuse to acute at apex, more or less dentate along margins, 15 - 30 x 6 - 14 cm, more or less scabrid above, strigose on nerves beneath; lateral nerves 35 - 45 pairs; petioles 2.5 - 6 cm long. Sepals ovate. Petals ca 2.5 x 1 cm, bright yellow. Outer stamens 4 - 5 mm long, inner ones 9 - 10 mm long, with reflexed apices. Carpels 5 - 7, glabrous, each with 8 - 10 ovules; styles recurved to spreading, ca 8 mm long. Fruits orange in colour, ca 24 mm across with enclosed sepals. Seeds obovoid, ca 5 x 3.5 mm, glossy black, glabrous.
Fl. & Fr. Jan. - July.
Distrib. India: N.E. regions. Assam and Meghalaya.
Nepal, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.
Deciduous trees, up to 30 tall. Leaves ovate to narrowly obovate, obtuse to acute at apex, more or less dentate along margins, 15 - 30 x 6 - 14 cm, more or less scabrid above, strigose on nerves beneath; lateral nerves 35 - 45 pairs; petioles 2.5 - 6 cm long. Sepals ovate. Petals ca 2.5 x 1 cm, bright yellow. Outer stamens 4 - 5 mm long, inner ones 9 - 10 mm long, with reflexed apices. Carpels 5 - 7, glabrous, each with 8 - 10 ovules; styles recurved to spreading, ca 8 mm long. Fruits orange in colour, ca 24 mm across with enclosed sepals. Seeds obovoid, ca 5 x 3.5 mm, glossy black, glabrous.
Fl. & Fr. Jan. - July.
Distrib. India: N.E. regions. Assam and Meghalaya.
Nepal, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.
