TROPICAL PLANT LIBRARY

Sunday, October 13, 2019

Antidesma ghaesembilla / Guncak

Antidesma ghaesembilla is a species of plant in the family Phyllanthaceae. It is native to northern Australia, and Philippines.^[1]^[2]

This plant grows as a small tree of 3–8 m high, with oval-shaped leaves of 10 cm long and 4 cm wide. Its flowers emerge at the axils or on the tip of branches. Male flowers have 4–5 stamens with u-shaped anthers, while female flowers have ovaries covered with soft hairs.^[3]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antidesma_ghaesembilla

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