Sindora.] 



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48. SINDORA, Miq. 



Big trees. Leaves even-pinnate; leaflets few, stiff, coriaceous. 

 Flowers panicled. Calyx with short tube, basal disc ; 4 segments. 

 Petal I. Stamens 10, upper ones free, sterile, others monadelphous, 

 hairy, unequal, 2 upper ones fertile, the rest alternately short and 

 long, antherless or sterile ; anthers oblong, versatile. Ovary 

 pubescent, 2 to 5 ovules, stalked; style long circinate. Pod 

 round or oblong ; valves thin, woody, usually covered with prickles. 

 Seed I to 2 ; testa hard, black ; funiculus large thick arillate. 

 Species 9, Indo-China, Malaya. Native names : Saputi or Sepetir. 



Sindora Wallichii. 



Pods spiny. 



Leaflets 3 pairs; panicle pubescent; leaflets pubes- 

 cent beneath ....... 



Leaflets 3 pairs; panicle tomentose; spines fewer 

 and thicker on calyx ..... 



Leaflets 3 pairs; panicle pubescent, hairy; leaflets 

 large, quite glabrous ..... 



Leaflets 5 to 6 pairs, densely pubescent beneath 

 Pod unarmed ; leaves glabrous beneath 



(1) S. Wallichii 



(2) S. intermedia 



(3) 

 (4) 

 (5) 



S. siamensis 

 S. velutina 

 S. coriacea 



(i) S. Wallichii Benth. Ic. PL 1017 and 1018 ; Prain, I.e. 203. 

 S. echinocalyx Prain, I.e. 204. 



Very big tree. Leaves 4 to 6 in. long; rachis puberulous; 

 leaflets 3 pairs, oblong, acute or round at both ends, i"5 to 3*25 in. 



