Picrasma philippinensis Elmer

Filed As

Simaroubaceae
Picrasma philippinensis Elmer ( isotype )

Collector(s)

A. D. E. Elmer 13094, Apr 1911

Location

Philippines. Palawan. Puerto Princesa (Mt. Pulgar). Island of Palawan.

Habitat

Along the densely wood creek.

Description

Small erect tree. Stem terete, 8 inches thick, 25 ft high, with its main branches arising from below the middle; wood quite soft, bitter, odorless, dingy white, light; bark grayish or yellowish white mottled, cremeus except the smooth epidermis; main branches ascending, numerously rebranched, the branchlets very lax and nearly castaneous; leavea ascending or horizontal; leaflets submembranous, very dark yet shining green above, much paler or relatively yellowish green beneath, nearly flat, the margins somewhat wavy toward the recurved apex; inflorescences from the terminal leaf axils, similarly arranged, lax and deep green; flowers pendant, subglobose; the 4 perianth segments thick green, rugose, valvate; stamens 4, greenish bending over the ovary so as to cover up the 4 sessile stigmatic lobes with the anthers; ovary short ovoid, 4-lobed, umber-hairy. Phenology of specimen: Flower.

Identifiers

NY Barcode: 51837

Occurrence ID: c03aceec-6131-45ac-9871-92d4d6a9f577

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