Termmah'a.] Lvii. combretace.e. 705 



3*25 in. wide ; petioles '8 in. long. Spikes solitary axillary, 6 in. 

 long, pubescent. Flowers "2 in. across, foetid. Calyx-tube elongate, 

 clavate rusty-tomentose ; teeth deltoid. Di^upe ellipsoid, sub-acute, 

 plano-convex 1-5 in. long. Hab. Malacca (Griffith and Maingay). 

 Negri Sembilan, Pasir Panjang (Foxworthy). Native name : Jilawei. 



(4) T. phellocarpa Kiitg, I.e. 330. 



A stout spreading tree about 40 to 60 ft. tall and 2 to 3 ft. 

 through. Leaves crowded at branch ends, obovate blunt, tapering 

 to base, dark green, glabrous ; nerves 4 to 6 pairs, 3 to 4 in. long, 

 175 to 2 in. wide ; petioles "8 in. long. Racemes produced with 

 young leaves, red- woolly, 1*5 to 2 in. long. Flowers very small, 

 "2 in. wide; buds conoid; pedicels short, thick, hairy. Bracts 

 linear hairy. Sepals ovate acuminate, hairy both sides. Stamens 

 10; filaments longer than sepals. Calyx-tube hairy. Fruit 

 elliptic flattened, round at both ends with a terminal mammilla 

 green ; pericarp thick spongy fibrous. Hab. Low country in damp 

 ground in the south. Singapore, Tanglin ; Bukit Mandai Road ; 

 Selitar. Malacca, Bukit Bruang (Derry) . Native names : Mampelam 

 Babi (Pig's Mango) ; Pelawei. 



(5) T. Catappa Linn. Mantissa ii. 519; King, I.e. ^^1; Bot. 

 Mag. t. 3004. 



A stout tree up to 80 or more ft. tall with large spreading 

 branches. Leaves deciduous, obovate narrowed to a cordate base, 

 glabrous; nerves 8 to 12 pairs, 6 to 9 in. long, 3*5 to 5*5 in. wide; 

 petioles 35 in. long, broad. Spikes axillary, "6 in. long. Flowers 

 •2 in. across. Calyx-tube conic, glabrous outside, woolly inside. 

 Ovary glabrous. Drupe ellipsoid, compressed, green flushed pink, 

 keeled all round ; pericarp fleshy ; endocarp woody, fibrous ; 2 in. 

 long, 1*25 in. wide. Rab. Common on sandy seacoasts, wild, but 

 now planted or sporadic everywhere in villages and cultivated 

 ground, and known as the Singapore almond. Native name : 

 Ketapang. The tree sheds its leaves entirely and flowers after 

 this. The withering red leaves make the tree very conspicuous. 



(6) T. subspathulata King, I.e. 332. 



A gigantic buttressed tree 150 ft. tall, 2 to 3 ft. through. Leaves 

 crowded at branch-ends, thinly coriaceous, spathulate, glaucous 

 beneath obtuse ; nerves 8 pairs, elevate beneath, reticulations 

 fine, conspicuous, 3'5 in. long, i to i*6 in. wide near tip; petioles 

 1-15 to i'5 in. long. Spikes solitary, 3*5 in. long, puberulous. 

 Flowers green, "15 in. long, upper ones male only, lower bisexual. 

 Calyx-tube narrow, cylindric ; teeth 5, broad. Fruit very broadly 

 2-winged, 1*5 in. long, '2 in. wide, transversely rounded, oblong 

 striate, pale yellow. Hab. Forests, Singapore, Botanic Gardens. 

 Malacca, Sungei Hudang (Derry). Perak, Goping (Kunstler). 

 Native name : Jilawei. 



(7) T. bialata Stend. Nomencl, ii. 668; King, I.e. 332. 



Tree 80 to 100 ft. tall. Leaves crowded at branch-ends, obovate 



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