Anisophyllea globosa Madani (1993: 53)

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27. Anisophyllea globosa Madani (1993: 53) ( Figure 52 )

Type:— MALAYSIA. Sabah: Kudat, Bengkoka Peninsula , ca. 1.3 km northeast of Kampong Bawing , 150 m, 13 September 1972, G. Shea & F. Minjulu 76131 (holotype SAN!, isotypes K-H2008/00218110!, L-0520738!) .

Trees to 10 m tall, 9 cm in diam.; outer bark smooth, grayish, inner bark red-brown, sapwood white; young branches pannose with hairs to 0.2 mm long, glabrescent when mature, with protuberantly glandular lenticels; buds densely pannose. Leaves dimorphic, internodes between similar types of leaves 0.8–2.0 cm long, between two adjacent different types of leaves 1–8 mm long; small leaves caducous, only leaving minute scars on young twigs; large leaves petiolate, petiole 3–4 mm long, 0.6–0.8 mm in diam., glabrous and sparsely glandular; leaf blade elliptic or lanceolate-elliptic, 5–7 cm long, 1.5–2.5 cm wide, base acute, apex acute or acuminate, margins often slightly revolute, thickly chartaceous, glabrous, sparsely and conspicuously glandular on both surfaces with tiny protruding dot-glands protuberant and transparent, 0.12–0.38 in diam., and 0.6–2.4 mm apart; main longitudinal veins 5–7, springing from blade base, or with two inner lateral veins from midrib at ca. 1 cm above blade base,

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Phytotaxa 229 (1) © 2015 Magnolia Press • 75 outermost 2 veins very fine and almost merged with blade margins, slightly impressed or flat adaxially, prominent abaxially, other lateral veins as bold as midrib; transverse veins numerous, subparallell or irregular, at angles of 45–60° with midrib; veinlets reticulate. Inflorescence and flowers unknown. Fruit a drupe, globose, to 5.5 cm in diam., surface irregularly roughed when dried, greenish grey. Seed 1, to 1 cm in diam.

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Flowering and fruiting: —Flowering time unknown; fruiting in September.

Habitat and distribution: — In lowland open secondary forests; ca. 150 m. Malaysia (Sabah) ( Figure 53 ) .

Taxonomic notes: —Though Anisophyllea globosa was suggested to be closely related with A. beccariana when it was published ( Madani 1993), it has glandular leaves, obvious parallel main veins, and globoid fruits that ensure its discrepancy from A. beccariana . Its difference from another similar species, A. impressinervia , included in our key was based on observation of limited material. Its inflorescence and flowers are unknown.

Figures

FIGURE 52. Anisophyllea globosa Madani. —A.Leafy branch. —B. Fruit. —C. Cross section of fruit (Drawn by L. Madni; reproduced and modified from Madani in Sandakania 3: Fig. 1. 1993).

FIGURE 53. Geographical distribution of Anisophyllea globosa Madani.