Monoon paradoxum (Becc.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders,
Taxon 61: 1033 (2012)
(Latin for 'paradoxical')
Synonyms
Enicosanthum paradoxum Becc.
Description
Sub-canopy tree up to 30 m tall and 20 cm dbh. Stipules absent. Leaves
alternate, simple, penni-veined. Flowers with ca. 45 mm long petals, fragrant,
white-yellowish, placed solitary or in bundles of up to 3 flowers, cauliflorous.
Fruitlets ca. 31 mm long, green-brownish, part of apocarp.
Ecology
Undisturbed lowland forest.
Distribution
Borneo.
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