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Penang Botanic Gardens Plant Collection

Walsura pinnata Hassk. (MELIACEAE)

Posted at — Nov 13, 2019

Description

Medium-sized tree, 12-37 m tall. Leaves to 50 cm long, pinnately compound with terminal leaflet, leaflets 2 or 3 on each side of rachis. Flowers small, c. 3 mm across, white to pale yellow, in branched clusters. Fruits 1.2-2.5 cm long, spherical to ovoid, ripening brownish golden yellow.


Ecology

Lowland to hill forest.

Distribution

S. China, Vietnam, Myanmar, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Java, Borneo, Philippines, Moluccas and Irian Jaya.