Nomenclature
Accepted name/Authority/Place of publication:
Erycibe sapotacea Hallier f. & Prain, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 73, 2 (1904) 16. Type: Curtis 772, Peninsular Malaysia, Penang, Penang Hill (lectotype CAL;isolectotype CAL, K!, P, SING!).
Description
Habit:
Woody climber up to 15 m tall, stem 3–4 cm diameter.
Leaves:
petioles terete, slender, 0.8–1.2(–1.6) cm long, 1–1.5 mm thick, sometimes channelled at base, glabrous; laminas elliptic-oblong, 11.2–19.6 × 4.8–8.8 cm, thickly coriaceous, glabrous on both surfaces, dry leaves always glossy greenish above, dull green beneath, base obtuse to subrounded, margin entire, apex shortly acuminate or rarely acute; midrib almost sunken above, prominent beneath; lateral veins prominent both surfaces, 5–8 pairs, ending close to margin; intercostal veins reticulate, prominent both surfaces.
Inflorescences:
axillary, racemose, up to 1.2 cm, 2–4(–5)-flowered; pedicels 1–2 mm, densely stellate-hairy; bracteoles elliptic, c. 1.5 × 0.5 mm, densely stellate-hairy outside, almost glabrous inside.
Flowers:
known only from buds; buds up to 2 mm diameter, densely stellate-hairy; two outer sepals broad-ovate, c. 2.7 × 3 mm, three inner sepals transverse-oval, 2.5× 3.2 mm, densely strigose-hairy outside, hairs 2-branched, longest branches up to 400 m (from Hoogland in Ooststr.); corolla c. 7.5 mm long, tube c. 2.5 mm long; midpetaline bands c. 3.5 x 2 mm, thickened fleshy, densely hirsute, hairs (2–)3(–5)-branched, longest branches up to 500 m (from Hoogland in Ooststr.); corolla lobes 5 mm long, 2 mm across; lobules coherent just above the midpetaline bands, oblong, c. 2.5 × 2 mm, rather thick, margin entire or more or less sinuate, distinct longitudinal venation inconspicuous; stamens inserted c. 0.7 mm above the corolla base; filaments c. 1.3 mm long, broader at the base; anthers c. 0.7 mm long, 0.5 mm thick, truncate at both ends; ovary 2.8 × 1.7 mm, glabrous; stigma conical, 5 faint ridges.
Fruits:
large, 1–2 together; peduncle thick, 10–15 × 3.5 mm, glabrous; ovoid, 1.8–4.8 × 1.3–3.4 cm, base obtuse, apex acutish or sometimes tapering at both ends; exocarp scarcely fleshy or coriaceous, wrinkled, fissured when dry with white small lenticels, immature pale green to light brown, ripening unknown; mesocarp coriaceous, orangish.
Seeds:
ellipsoid, c. 3.2 × 2 cm; cotyledon strongly folded.
Classification:
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