Vasilis Teodoridis:
Icacinaceae | Platea
1. Platea latifolia Blume; Bijdr. 647. 1826.
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Platea hainanensis R. A. Howard; Platystigma myristiceum R. Brown ex J. D. Hooker; Sideroxylon gamblei C. B. Clarke.
Trees 6-25 m tall. Bark gray; young parts with rust-colored stellate scales or hairy. Petiole 2-3.5 cm; leaf blade abaxially light green; adaxially dark green; elliptic or oblong; 10-19 x 4-9 cm; midvein abaxially prominent; adaxially minutely concave; lateral veins 6-14 pairs; prominent abaxially; anastomosing near margin; reticulate veins slightly conspicuous; slender; base rounded or obtuse; apex acuminate. Staminate flowers in large axillary panicles 4-10 cm; densely tomentose; bracts ovate; ca. 1 mm; sepals ovate; 0.5-0.8 mm; ciliate; petals green; ovate- elliptic; 1.5-1.8 mm; glabrous; apex incurved; filaments white; anthers yellow; oblong; ca. 0.8 mm; ovary reduced; conical. Pistillate flowers in short axillary racemes 1-2 cm; densely tomentose; bracts lanceolate; 4-7 mm; pedicels 3-4 mm; stout; sepals triangular; ca. 3 mm; outside with dense scales; inside glabrous; margin ciliate; ovary terete; stigma discoid. Drupe ellipsoid-ovoid; 3-4 cm; 1.5-2 cm in diam.; with persistent stig-ma and persistent calyx. Fl. Feb-Apr; fr. Jun-Nov.
Dense forests in valleys; 900-1300 m. S Guangdong; S Guangxi; Hainan; SE Yunnan [Bangladesh; India; Indonesia; Laos; Malaysia; Philippines; Singapore; Thailand; Vietnam].