Buchanania.\ xlv. anacardiace^. 5*9 
Engler's var. petiolaris is merely based on a state of the foliage, the 
leaves being smaller and rounder. 
(2) B. sessilifolia Bl. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. i. 184; King, 
l.c. 463. B. acuminata Hook. fil. F.B.I. ii. 24. 
Tree about 30 or 60 ft. tall. Leaves thinly coriaceous, lanceolate 
or oblanceolate, abruptly acute, narrowed to base, glabrous except 
sometimes the puberulous midrib beneath; nerves 13 to 15 pairs, 
elevate beneath, 3*5 to 7 in. long, i r 5 to 2’5 in. wide; petioles 
■i to *6 in. long. Panicles 8 to 9 in. long, peduncled, spreading 
4 in. across. Flowers crowded at tips, greenish white ’15 in. across. 
Sepals 5, round. Petals 5 to 6, oblong, blunt. Stamens 8 to 10, 
white; anthers sagittate. Drupe sub-cordate round compressed, 
•35 in. long. Hab. Common all over the peninsula in woods. 
Singapore, Pahang, Johor, Malacca, Perak, Penang. Distrib. 
Burma and Malay islands. Native names : Pauh pipit (Sparrow 
mango); Medang Hudang; Kurutak Hudang; Otak Hudang, 
Poko Hudang; Kuluk Hudang; Katawu Hudang (in Sumatra 
Katidang and Katudang); Temohong; Gulawai. 
In some forms the buds and inflorescence are more or less hairy. 
2 . BOUEA, Meissn. 
Trees medium size. Leaves simple, opposite glabrous. Flowers 
small, yellow, bisexual. Sepals 3 to 5, valvate. Petals 3 to 5, 
imbricate, keeled on inner face. Stamens 3 to 5 , insert within the 
small disc. Style short, terminal. Stigma 3-lobed. Drupe fleshy, 
yellow like a small mango; stone thin fibrous, i-celled, i-seeded. 
Species 5, Asiatic. 
Le Sepals puberuiousf fruit-6 to 75 in. long . . (1) B. microphylla 
^Sepals tomentose^fruit i in. long . . . (2) B. macrophylla 
(1) B. microphylla Griff. PI. Cantor 15 ; Notulce iv. 423; Hook, 
fil. F.B.I. ii. 21. B. burmanica var. microphylla Engl. l.c. 240; 
King, l.c. 465. 
A bushy tree 30 to 80 ft. tall. Leaves deep green coriaceous, 
oblong-lanceolate blunt acuminate, base cuneate; nerves 10 to 
15 pairs fine, depressed above, faintly raised beneath, 2*5 to 3 in. 
long, *5 to 1 in. wide; petioles *4 in. long. Panicles dense 1 to 
1-25 in. long. Flowers crowded, yellow ‘i in. long. Sepals 4 
ovate, puberulous. Petals 4, oblong obtuse, much longer. Stamens 
3 or 4 shorter, red; anthers linear. Drupe oblong, 1 in. long, 
orange/like a small plum. Hab. Villages and woods. Singapore 
Pahang, Malacca, Perak, Penang, often m orchards, but I think 
wild also. It occurred in the Garden Jungle apparently quite wild. 
Native names : Rumeniya betul ; Rumia; Plum mango. se . 
A good fruit, rather acid, but good for cooking. 
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