552 civ. bignoniacea;. [. Diplanthera. 
7. DIPLANTHERA, Banks and Solander 
Trees, pubescent. Leaves simple, large, opposite. Flowers 
medium size, yellow in dense panicles in upper axils. Calyx cam- 
panulate, lobes 2 to 5. Corolla tubular-ventricose, lobes 6, round. 
Stamens 4, didynamous. Ovary sub-sessile. Capsule oblong- 
fusiform woody, loculicidally 2-valved. Seeds flat, wing hyaline 
broad. Species about 6, Malay Peninsula to Australia. 
( 1 ) D. bancana Scheff. Nat. Tijdschr. xxxi. 334; Prain, l.c. 
383- 
Tree about 80 ft. tall. Leaves sub-coriaceous, ovate, base 
broad cordate; nerves and reticulations prominent beneath, above 
glabrous, beneath tomentose pubescent, 8 to 13 in. long, 5 to 8 in. 
wide; petioles stout, 2 in. long. Panicle rather compact, 3-5 to 
5 in. across on a pubescent peduncle, 4 in. long, branches 1 in. 
long or more radiating with terminal umbel of yellow flowers all 
tomentose except corolla. Calyx 7 in. long. Corolla 1 in. long 
and wide, bright yellow. Capsule lanceolate-elliptic, 6 in. long, 
2 in. across, narrowed at both ends. Seed 1*5 in. long, 75 in. 
wide, winged on both sides. Hob. Woods; not very common. 
Malacca, Bukit Sadanen; Batu Feringhi (Curtis); Sungei Hudang 
(Derry). Negri Sembilan, Port Dickson (Foxworthy). Selangor, 
Ginting Bidai. Penang, Batu Feringhi and Hill (Curtis), a glabres- 
cent form. Distrib. Bangka, Borneo. Native name: Kavu 
Chenderu, 
