Fosbergia thailandica Tirveng. & Sastre

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Rubiaceae > Fosbergia

Characteristics

Trees; bark thin, exfoliating in small pieces, grayish or brownish on older parts when dry; branches glabrous. Petiole to 2 cm, glabrous; leaf blade broadly obovate, 14-23 × 4-12 cm, both surfaces glabrous except abaxially strigose on principal veins, base acute to attenuate, apex acuminate to long acuminate; secondary veins 8-11 pairs, without domatia; stipules ovate, 5-10 mm, glabrous, smooth at base and keeled in upper part, obtuse to acute and aristate, arista ca. 2 mm. Flowers solitary. Calyx glabrous; ovary portion obovoid, ca. 1 cm; limb 3-5 mm, deeply lobed; lobes narrowly triangular. Corolla not seen. Fruiting peduncle ca. 2.5 cm. Immature berry globose, 4-5 cm in diam., glabrous, smooth.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
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Distribution

Fosbergia thailandica world distribution map, present in China and Thailand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:996476-1
WFO ID wfo-0000967409
COL ID 6JKK3
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Synonyms

Fosbergia thailandica