Sunday, October 13, 2019

Nephelium laurinum | Geril




Description

Tree, up to 24 m high, dbh up to 90 cm. Leaves 1-6-jugate; Inflorescences mostly terminal, sometimes pseudoterminal, the lower branches axillary. Sepals up to c. 20% connate, 2-3 mm long. Petals 0-5, (obovate-)lanceolate, 1.6-2.3 mm long, at least the lower half woolly-ciliate. Stamens (7 or) 8. Ovary 2 (-4)-celled. Fruits more often with two carpels developing than in most species, slightly curved obovoid (especially when young) to ellipsoid, c. 2.5 by 1.5 by 1.25 cm, finally glabrous, fairly sparsely set with 2-3 (-8) mm long triangular appendages with short, curved, tongue-shaped apical part;

http://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/flora-malesiana/node/6261

Synsepalum dulcificum