Brackenridgea fascicularis (Blanco) Fern.-vill.

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Ochnaceae > Brackenridgea

Characteristics

Tree up to 25 m, 30 cm ø. Leaves oblong to lanceolate, 5-15 by 2-5 cm, sometimes obtuse, mostly acute to ± acuminate at apex, obtuse to acute, sometimes a little attenuate at base, margin entire or ± finely denticulate; petiole 4-8 mm. Inflorescences terminal, made up of a varying number of many-flowered, ± shortened cymes, sometimes separate cymes in the axils of normal leaves; pedicels 1-2 cm, up to 3 cm in fruit, the basal 1-5 mm persistent. Torus c. 1 mm high, 1½ mm ø, in fruit up to 4 mm high, 7 mm ø. Sepals elliptic to obovate, 6-8 by 3-4 mm. Petals obovate to obovate-lanceolate, 6-8 by 2½-4½ mm. Filaments 1½-2½ mm; anthers 2½-3 by c. ½ mm. Ovaries 0.7-0.8 by 0.5-0.7 mm; style c. 4 mm, in fruit up to 7 mm. Fruits up to 7 by 6 mm.
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 25.0
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Environment

In primary forests at low and medium altitudes, once reported from logged Dipterocarp forest and once along a stream.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Brackenridgea fascicularis world distribution map, present in Philippines

Conservation status

Brackenridgea fascicularis threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:605813-1
WFO ID wfo-0000570699
COL ID N3CV
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Synonyms

Notochnella fascicularis Ochna fascicularis Brackenridgea fascicularis Diporidium fascicularis

Lower taxons

Brackenridgea fascicularis subsp. mindanaensis