Connarus.l 



XLVI. CONNARACE^. 



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(i) C. ferrugineus Jack. Mai. Misc. 2, vii. 37; Hook. fil. 

 F.B.I, ii. 51; King, I.e. 3. 



A sarmentose shrub or climber. Branchlets, leaves, except 

 upper surface, and inflorescence red-tomentose. Leaves 8 to 16 in. 

 long; leaflets 5 to 11, oblong-lanceolate, coriaceous, short acuminate, 

 narrowed to rounded base ; nerves 6 to 7 pairs, prominent beneath, 

 3 to 6 in. long, 1-25 to 2 in. wide ; petioles -i to -15 in. long. Panicles 

 stout, 12 in. long, woody, peduncled ; branches 4 in. long. Flowers 

 •3 in. long; pedicels short. Sepals tomentose, oblong-ovate. Petals 

 Unear-oblong glabrous. Stamens 10, alternately long and short. 



Fig. 53. — Connarus semidecandrus. 



Ovary tomentose. Follicle obovoid-oblong, crimson or golden 

 yellow tinged red, tomentose, woody, silky inside, 175 to 2*25 in. 

 long, -8 to 1-25 in. wide. Seed oblong, i in. long, -6 in. wide, black, 

 half covered with a yellow aril. Hab. Open country and borders 

 of woods. Singapore ; Bukit Mandai. Malacca, Merlimau ; Tan- 

 jong Khng (Derry) ; Chabau. Selangor, Rantau Panjang. Perak, 

 Batang Padang and Ulu Kerhng (Kunstler). Penang (Jack). 

 Distrib. Sumatra. Native names : Akar Tengeh Kuau ; A. 

 Sundrup; A. Merah; A. Sakellet; Semilat Bapan; Akar Pulau 

 Hantu; A. Pulis Antan. Use: Fruit used for poisoning dogs. 



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