Revision of the Sapotaceae of the Malaysian area in a wider sense XVII. Aulandra H.J. Lam

Aulandra H. J. Lam, Bull. Jard. Bot. Bzg, sér. 3, 8, 1927, 415, f. 6; H.J. Lam, Hooker Icon. Pl. 1938, t. 3360; Baehni, Candollea 9, 1942, 419 — Palaquium, § Palaquioides Dubard, Bull. Soc. Bot. Pr. 56, Mém. 16, 1909, 19. Trees. Leaves alternate, stipulate, entire, tertiary nerves transverse. Inflorescences cauliflorous, flowers terminal or axillary along short vermiform brachyblasts covered by numerous scars of bracts. Flowers bisexual, 6-merous. Sepals 6, in 2 whorls of three, united at the base. Petals 6, united at the base. Stamens 18 or 19, filaments partly tubuliformly united and the tube inserted on the corolla, anthers free, dehiscing extrorsely. Ovary 6-celled; style short or long, filiform. Fruit a berry, one-seeded, scar of seed covering almost the entire seed, albumen none.