Author: Kostel.
Morphological description
Shrub or tree 3-8 m tall.
Leaves 1- or 2-jugate; petiole 4 mm, rachis 13 mm, petiolules c. 1 mm, all shortly hairy. Leaflets ovate, elliptic, ovate-oblong or oblong, 1.5-9 by 0.9-2.1 cm; apex rounded, always emarginate, sometimes mucronate; nerves 5-7 pairs.
Inflorescence : rachis 3-4 mm, densely pubescent; bracts minute, 1 mm long, hairy, glabrescent; bracteoles 2 mm long, inserted at 0.25-2 mm above the base of the pedicel; pedicels 4-6 mm, patently shortly hairy.
Flower : Hypanthium 0.8-1 mm deep. Sepals 2.5-3.5 mm long, rather long hairy. Petals very narrow, 2 by 0.3 mm. Stamens 3-5 mm; anthers more or less apiculate. Ovary densely, patently long-hairy, inside hairy; stipe 1 mm; style 3-3.5 mm, glabrous.
Fruits ellipsoid, c. 6 by 2 cm, deeply rugose, shortly patent-hairy, the distal part beak-like and pointing obliquely (iripa Cynom pod Blum 18 f1d ).
Distribution
Sri Lanka, India, Burma, Thailand (Peninsular), through Malesia, to Micronesia, Marianas (Guam) and Australia (N Queensland); in Malesia : Malay Peninsula (Kedah, Setul, Kuala Lumpur, Malacca), Java, Philippines (Panay, Tablas, Mindanao).
Habitat
Mangrove swamps, littoral scrub, on or near the beach, but also found in the hills up to 500 m altitude