Scutinanthe brevisepala Leenh.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Burseraceae > Scutinanthe

Characteristics

Tree up to 35 m high, 43-55 cm diam., sometimes buttressed up to 3 m. Branchlets 3-6 mm thick, not always conspicuously lenticellate, tips scabrous to slightly hairy. Leaves 1-5-jugate, glabrous. Leaflets lanceolate to oblong to broad-elliptic or subovate, mostly slightly oblique, 5-6.5(-16) by 1¾-2¾(-10) cm, coriaceous or pergamentaceous to chartaceous; the base broadly cuneate to subcordate; apex more or less abruptly, slender, obtusely acuminate; nerves 4-8(-10) pairs (angle c. 60°), curved, not distinctly arching. Male Inflorescences axillary on short axillary shoots the vegetative terminal bud of which usually develops later on, pseudoterminal, narrowly paniculate, 8-13 cm long. ♀ Inflorescences as the ♂ ones 3-10 cm long. Male Flowers 4 mm long, scabrous, the cupular receptacle 2 mm high. Sepals ½-1(-2) mm high. ♀ Flowers as the ♂ ones, differing only by the non-dehiscent anthers, and better developed, c. 3 mm high, glabrous, pistil. Ovary 2-celled, the columnar style distinctly demarcated against the ovary; stigma slightly 4-lobed. Ovary (2-)3-celled in ♂ flowers sometimes densely tomentose. Infructescences with 1-2 fruits; calyx saucer-shaped, slightly undulate, c. 0.5 cm diam. Fruits slightly oblique, acute-ovoid, acuminate, constricted or shortly stalked at the base, young ones up to l ½ by 1 cm. Mature fruits slightly oblique, ovoid to ellipsoid, constricted or shortly stalked at the base, pointed at the apex, 2¼-3 by 1.5-1¾ cm, glabrous. Seed 1.
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A tree. It grows 25-35 m tall. The trunk is 55 cm across. The fruiting shoots are 5 cm long. The fruit are 1.5 cm long by 0.9 cm wide. It can have buttresses 3 m tall. The leaves have up to 5 pairs of leaflets. The leaflets are broadly oval to sword shaped and 5-7 cm long by 2-3 cm wide or larger. The flowers are in the axils of leaves on short shoots. The flowers are 4 mm long. The fruit are oval and 2-3 cm long by 1.5-1.8 cm wide. They have 1 seed.
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Mature width (meter) 0.55
Mature height (meter) 30.0 - 35.0
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Environment

Primary forests up to 350 m. Fl. Apr. (Sum.), Nov. (Cel.). Fr.--02.
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It is a tropical plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Scutinanthe brevisepala world distribution map, present in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Papua New Guinea

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:128527-1
WFO ID wfo-0000439205
COL ID 4W3BH
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Synonyms

Scutinanthe brevisepala