Siphonodon peltatus Ding Hou

Species

Angiosperms > Celastrales > Celastraceae > Siphonodon

Characteristics

Tree c. 27 m. Leaves chartaceous, olivaceous or light brown above, light brown beneath, oblong-ovate, 11-14½ by 5-6½ cm; base round or acute; apex (all damaged) probable acute; margin entire; nerves 6-8 pairs; petiole 0.5-1 cm. Inflorescences condensed. Peduncle very short or obscure, sometimes up to c. 5 mm. Pedicels c. 2 mm. Flowers cream-coloured. Calyx lobes very broad-ovate or suborbicular, c. 4 mm ø, ± entire, with 3 faint, slightly branched veins. Petals suborbicular, c. 3 mm ø, rather fleshy, the marginal part thin and transparent (when dry), wavy. Stamens ± free, or some of them slightly united at the base; filaments flat, broad-oblong, c. 1 mm long; anthers deltoid, perpendicularly bent inward, the tips under the peltate apex of the central column. Pistil flat, round, slightly concave near the center, the central column peltate at the apex. Ovules arranged on one level (?). Fruit unknown.
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In forest at c. 1650 m.
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Distribution

Siphonodon peltatus world distribution map, present in Kenya and Papua New Guinea

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:162800-1
WFO ID wfo-0000435556
COL ID 4XPWH
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Synonyms

Siphonodon peltatus