Filed As:
Combretaceae
Terminalia copelandi Elmer ( isotype )
Combretaceae
Terminalia copelandi Elmer ( isotype )
Location:
Philippines. Palawan. Brooks Point (Addison Peak). Alt. 7.6 m. (25 ft.)
Philippines. Palawan. Brooks Point (Addison Peak). Alt. 7.6 m. (25 ft.)
Description:
Rather large trees; trunk 3 feet thick, round, 50 feet high; wood moderately tough and tasteless; bark rather thick, gray except the brownish surface of the longitudinal creases, dull reddish-brown beneath the epidermis; branches mainly at the top, freely and crookedly rebranched; twigs suberect, that portion beneath the foliage thickened and obscurely nodulose; leaves ascending, nearly flat, subcoriaceous, sublucid above, the terminal young ones tinged with red and their sides curvingly folder upon the upper side; spikes pendant; rachis pedicels and calyx yellowish-green; filaments whitish; anthers pale yellow; petals creamy white; ovary hairs deep brown. Phenology of specimen: Flower.
Rather large trees; trunk 3 feet thick, round, 50 feet high; wood moderately tough and tasteless; bark rather thick, gray except the brownish surface of the longitudinal creases, dull reddish-brown beneath the epidermis; branches mainly at the top, freely and crookedly rebranched; twigs suberect, that portion beneath the foliage thickened and obscurely nodulose; leaves ascending, nearly flat, subcoriaceous, sublucid above, the terminal young ones tinged with red and their sides curvingly folder upon the upper side; spikes pendant; rachis pedicels and calyx yellowish-green; filaments whitish; anthers pale yellow; petals creamy white; ovary hairs deep brown. Phenology of specimen: Flower.
Habitat:
In fertile swampy woods.
In fertile swampy woods.
Identifiers:
NY Barcode: 246005
GUID: 2392230d-b623-47b9-a850-3b038ea0fd6b
NY Barcode: 246005
GUID: 2392230d-b623-47b9-a850-3b038ea0fd6b