Gongrospermum philippinense Radlk.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Sapindaceae > Gongrospermum

Characteristics

Treel Branches grooved, smooth, flowering ones 4-7 mm thick. Leaves 2-or 3-jugate; rachis 10-17 cm long; petiole 7.5-8.5 cm long; petiolules up to 9 mm long. Leaflets ovate, 9-20 by 5-9 cm, ± asymmetric except for the base; the latter attenuate, asymmetric; margin entire, flat; apex acuminate, very apex emarginate to rounded; upper and lower surface smooth, (sub)glabrous; nerves 8-12 per side, marginally indistinctly looped. Inflorescences: rachis 12.5-30 cm long, branches up to 15 cm long; cymules up to 5-flowered. Bracts c. 0.7 by 0.7 mm; bracteoles 0.2-0.3 by 0.2-0.3 mm. Flowers 2-3 mm in diam.; pedicel 1-1.8 mm long.Calyx: lobes triangular, 0.8-1.2 by 0.6-1.2 mm.Stamens: filaments in male flowers up to 1.5 mm long, in female flowers up to 1 mm long; anthers in male flowers c. 0.7 by 0.5 mm, in female flowers c. 0.5 by 0.5 mm. Pistil: ovary up to 0.8 mm long in male flowers, up to 2.2 mm in female flowers; style indistinct in male flowers, up to 0.8 mm long in female flowers. Fruits obovoid, rounded in cross section, c. 1.4 by 1.2 cm wide, brown, out-side and inside smooth. Seeds obovoid, sharply tri-angular in cross section, c. 8 by 5 mm; hilum round,c. 2 mm in diam.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Gongrospermum philippinense world distribution map, present in Philippines

Conservation status

Gongrospermum philippinense threat status: Endangered

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:783193-1
WFO ID wfo-0000706356
COL ID 6KQSB
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Synonyms

Gongrospermum philippinense