Apodytes dimidiata E. meyer ex Arn.

Apodytes dimidiata E. meyer ex Arn. (ICACINACEAE)

Description: Trees up to 12 m tall. Young branches tomentose. Leaves typically measure 4.5 to 11 centimeters in length and 2.5 to 4.5 centimeters in width, displaying an ovate shape with an acuminate apex, usually subacute, and occasionally showing unequal bases.Flowers white, bisexual, in terminal, panicles, corymbose cymes; peduncle 1.8 – 3.5 cm long. Calyx up to 2 mm long; lobes 5, obscure. Corolla lobes 5, each 4-5 mm long, oblong elliptic, reflexed. Stamens 5 free; filaments 3-4 mm long. Ovary up to 2 mm long, unilocular; ovules 2, style up to 1 mm long. Drupe, obliquely ellipsoid compressed; up to 1 x 0.6 cm; seed 1

Distribution: India: In evergreen and semi evergreen forests. Tropical Africa, Sri Lanka, Malaysia.