生活型

tree

形態特徵

• Small tree. Branches pendulous, grey-brown.
• Leaves oblong-obovate, base acute to rounded, apex shortly acuminate, 20–35 cm by 6–14 cm.
• Racemes (or spike) terminal or in axils of fallen leaves, 20–80 cm long; pedicels from sessile to 1.5 cm long; calyx 2–4-lobed, during anthesis 10–12 cm long; petals oblong, obtuse, green or pale rose-colored, their edges always recurved and pale pink, 1–1.3 cm by 0.5-0.8 cm; filaments red, yellow-white-tipped, outer ones 3–3.5 cm long; style 4–6 cm long.
• Fruit ovate-oblong, less than twice as long as broad, 5–7 cm by 3–4 cm long, obtusely 4-angular.

分布

• 台灣 : Scattered trees in coastal regions of northern and southern parts of the island.
• 世界 : Tropical Old World

引證標本

TAIPEI: Chen 7810*. ILAN: Wuchie, Huang 14766. TAICHUNG: Oldham 15; PINGTUNG: Hengchun, Tanaka 5444; South Cape, Henry 1006.

引用文獻

• LI, HUI-LIN and LO, HANN-CHUNG, Flora of Taiwan, second edition 3: 903. .  (Fl. Taiwan 2nd edit., 台灣植物誌第二版)