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Synonyms: |
Gmelina arborea Roxb. var. glaucescens C.B. Clarke Gmelina rheedii Hook. Premna arborea (Roxb.) Roth |
Common names: | Grey teak (English) |
Description: | An unarmed deciduous tree up to 20 m tall. Leaves broadly-ovate or ovate-cordate, 10–25 cm long, with a long narrow tip, 3-veined from the base, somewhat discolorous blue-green beneath, base with 2 glands; margin entire, toothed or sometimes lobed on coppice growth or young plants; petiole 5–15 cm long. Inflorescences in many-flowered branched heads, 7.5–39 cm long; flowers appearing before or with the young leaves. Calyx c. 5 mm long, campanulate, shortly 5-toothed, rusty hairy. Corolla yellow or brilliant orange to reddish or brownish-yellow or pinkish-brown to salmon or apricot-coloured, 2.5–4 cm long, densely velvety outside, 2-lipped, with the upper lip deeply divided into 2 oblong, obtuse lobes, the lower lip 3-lobed with the median lobe longer and broader than the lateral ones. Fruit an ovoid or obovoid drupe 1.5–2.5 cm long, orange-yellow when ripe. |
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Derivation of specific name: | arborea: tree-like |
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Worldwide distribution: | Native in Pakistan, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China, Malaysia, Polynesia and Southern China. |
Growth form(s): | Tree. |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Literature: |
Fernandes, R. (2005). Lamiaceae (subfamilies: Viticoideae and Ajugoideae) Flora Zambesiaca 8(7) Pages 63 - 64. |
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