Schima wallichii (DC.) Korth.
Malaysia.
(Image credit Ahmad Fitri, Malaysia).
Schima wallichii (DC.) Korth. Theaceae, CN: [Malay and regional vernacular names - Gegatal, Gatal-gatal, Kelinchi padi, Medang gatal, Samak, Bunga cangkak, Seruk, Puspa; Borneo - Legai, Medang helalang, Penagit, Puspa; Indonesia - Madang gatal, Puspa, Seru, Thai - Bunnak, Champa dong, Thalo], Needlewood, Schima. Distribution - from the Himalayas, southern China and southern Japan to Java, Borneo and the Philippines. Habitat - lowlands to mountain tops. An evergreen, medium-sized to large tree growing to 47 m in height; bole cylindrical, branchless for up to 25 m, diameter up to 125 (max. 250) cm, with a steep buttresses rarely up to 1.8 m high; bark surface ruggedly cracked into small, thick, angular pieces, red-brown to dark grey; inner bark with skin-irritating fibres, bright red in color. Leaves spiral, oblong to broadly elliptic, 6-13 x 3-5 cm; base wedge shaped; apex acute to acuminate; margin toothed; secondary veins 6-8 pairs; petioles about 3 mm long. Flowers solitary in axils at the apices of twigs, with 2 bracteoles, pentamerous; sepals subequal, persistent in fruit; petals connate at base, white, with a rosy flush; stamens many, adnate to the corolla base; anthers versatile; ovary superior, 5-locular with 2-6 ovules in each cell; style simple. Fruit a woody subglobose capsule, 2-3 cm in diameter, silky, opening by 5 valves; seeds winged all around.
Synonym(s):
Schima noronhae Reinw. ex Blume
Gordonia javanica Hook.f.
Schima javanica (Hook.f.) Szysz.
and many more; see www.asianplant.net/Theaceae/Schima_wallichii.htm
Ref. and suggested reading:
FRIM Flora Database
www.asianplant.net/Theaceae/Schima_wallichii.htm
www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?70655
www.worldagroforestry.org/treedb2/AFTPDFS/Schima_wallichi...
Schima wallichii (DC.) Korth.
Malaysia.
(Image credit Ahmad Fitri, Malaysia).
Schima wallichii (DC.) Korth. Theaceae, CN: [Malay and regional vernacular names - Gegatal, Gatal-gatal, Kelinchi padi, Medang gatal, Samak, Bunga cangkak, Seruk, Puspa; Borneo - Legai, Medang helalang, Penagit, Puspa; Indonesia - Madang gatal, Puspa, Seru, Thai - Bunnak, Champa dong, Thalo], Needlewood, Schima. Distribution - from the Himalayas, southern China and southern Japan to Java, Borneo and the Philippines. Habitat - lowlands to mountain tops. An evergreen, medium-sized to large tree growing to 47 m in height; bole cylindrical, branchless for up to 25 m, diameter up to 125 (max. 250) cm, with a steep buttresses rarely up to 1.8 m high; bark surface ruggedly cracked into small, thick, angular pieces, red-brown to dark grey; inner bark with skin-irritating fibres, bright red in color. Leaves spiral, oblong to broadly elliptic, 6-13 x 3-5 cm; base wedge shaped; apex acute to acuminate; margin toothed; secondary veins 6-8 pairs; petioles about 3 mm long. Flowers solitary in axils at the apices of twigs, with 2 bracteoles, pentamerous; sepals subequal, persistent in fruit; petals connate at base, white, with a rosy flush; stamens many, adnate to the corolla base; anthers versatile; ovary superior, 5-locular with 2-6 ovules in each cell; style simple. Fruit a woody subglobose capsule, 2-3 cm in diameter, silky, opening by 5 valves; seeds winged all around.
Synonym(s):
Schima noronhae Reinw. ex Blume
Gordonia javanica Hook.f.
Schima javanica (Hook.f.) Szysz.
and many more; see www.asianplant.net/Theaceae/Schima_wallichii.htm
Ref. and suggested reading:
FRIM Flora Database
www.asianplant.net/Theaceae/Schima_wallichii.htm
www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?70655
www.worldagroforestry.org/treedb2/AFTPDFS/Schima_wallichi...