Vasilis Teodoridis:
Sabiaceae | Meliosma
21. Meliosma angustifolia Merrill; Philipp. J. Sci. 21: 348. 1922.
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Meliosma crassifolia Handel-Mazzetti; M. pinnata (Roxburgh) Maximowicz subsp. angustifolia (Merrill) Beusekom.
Trees large or small; to 20 m tall; evergreen. Young branches; petioles; petiolules; and inflorescences light brown pubescent. Leaves odd pinnate; 20-30 cm; leaflets 13-23; abaxially red-brown when dry; adaxially nitid; narrowly elliptic; elliptic-lanceolate; or lanceolate; 5-12 x 1.5-3 cm; leathery; sparsely pubescent on midvein; lateral veins 5-7 pairs; anastomosing 2-5 mm from margin; base somewhat narrowly cuneate or rarely rounded; oblique; margin entire or sometimes 1- or 2-toothed; apex obtuse-acuminate. Panicle terminal or axillary; equal to leaf or slightly shorter. Flowers aromatic; subsessile; dense; buds ca. 2 mm in diam. Sepals 5; ovate; ciliate. Petals: 3 outer ones suborbicular; ca. 2 mm in diam.; 2 inner ones slightly shorter than filaments; bifid. Fertile stamens ca. 1.8 mm; connectives orbicular-peltate. Pistil ca. 2 mm; ovary yellowish pubescent. Drupe obovoid; 4-6 mm; endocarp convex; with scattered netlike strips; midrib prominent. Fl. Mar-May; fr. Jun-Oct.
? Valleys; wooded ravines; low mountains; below 1500 m. S Guangdong; S Guangxi; Hainan; SE Yunnan.
This species is a good source of timber.