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Stigmaphyllon timoriense

Botanic Family

Malpighiaceae

Author

(de Candolle) C.E. Anderson

Common Names

• Chi shi teng (Pinyin)
• Raoaimarinu (Indonesia)
• Kwakatehi (Indonesia)
• Olas Mea (Indonesia)
• Olas Mea (E. Timor)
• Bingkit (Philippines)
• Bugtung-aha (Philippines)
• Lagun (Philippines)
• Laumus (Philippines)

Geographical Habitats

• Queensland - Australia
• Borneo
• Caroline Islands
• Taiwan - China
• Java
• Lesser Sunda Islands
• Maluku
• Sulawesi
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Ryukyu Islands - Japan
• Malaysia
• New Caledonia
• Bismarck Archipelago
• New Guinea - Papua New Guinea
• Philippines
• Solomon Islands
• Timor Leste

Natural Habitats

• Dry scrub
• coastal
• shrubland
• forest edges
• coastal
• mangrove edges
• rain forest

Flowering Times

• Jan-Mar (Australia)
• Jul (China)

Fruiting Times

Woody liana to 10m, creeping or twining with glabrescent young parts, glabrous or hairy leaves to 150mm x 120mm. Axillary corymbs, racemes or umbels of fragrant 20mm bright yellow or white flowers, sepals to 2mm, hairy outside, glabrous within, petals to 110mm long with pink styles, 3-winged yellowish samara to 40mm long x 20mm, glabrous leaves

Further References

• Jones & Gray 1977
• Mobot
• FOC
• Niedenzu
• Mangrove
• NYBG
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• FNWNG
• JAA
• Flora Malesiana