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Buchanania splendens Miq., Fl. Ind. Bot. Suppl. 1: 524. 1861. B. platyneura Kurz in J. As. Soc. Bengal 45: 125. 1876; Parkinson, For. Fl . Andaman Isls. 139. 1923.


Trees, 12 - 18 m tall. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 10 - 20 x 4 - 7 cm, apex acuminate, base cuneate, coriaceous; petioless 1.5 - 3 cm long. Panicles terminal, 14 - 19 cm long. Flowers 2 mm across, rusty brown; pedicels 0.7 - 1 mm long, puberulous. Calyx lobes ovate, puberulous outside. Petals oblong, 1.2 x 0.8 mm, glabrous. Stamens 8, 1 mm long. Disc 1 mm in diam., 8-crenated. Ovary 1 mm long. Drupes 1 cm in diam., laterally compressed.

Fl. & Fr. : Aug. - Jan.

Distrib. India : Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

Sumatra and Borneo.




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