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Penang Botanic Gardens Plant Collection

Porterandia anisophylla (Jack ex Roxb.) Ridl. (RUBIACEAE)

Posted at — Nov 13, 2019
Tinjau Belukar, Wild Randia

Description

Small evergreen tree to 12 m tall. Leaves 12-35 cm long, obovate, oppositely arranged. Flowers 11-13 mm long, tubular, white. Fruits 2.5-3.5 cm across, globose with persistent calyx apically, smooth.


Ecology

Lowland to mountain evergreen forest.

Distribution

Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo where it is a very common understory tree.