Table 14.1
(continued)
Species
Bark and trunk
Leaves
Flowers or inflorescences
Fruits
Seed
A. macrophylla
(Khyade et al.
2014)
Smooth, blackish
brown bark,
straight trunk, and a
narrow crown
Whorls of 3–4, verticilliate,
simple, penni-veined, and
glabrous above
Pubescent, slender pedicels, and
distinct ovaries
Glabrous, linear, and 20–
50 cm long
Oblong, small
hairy seeds
A. mairei
(Monachino
1949)
Glabrous,
lenticellate
branchlets
Whorls of 3–5, oblanceolate
and glabrous
Glabrous, not ciliate, cymes
longer than leaves, small stigma
apiculi
Linear and 5–10 cm long
and follicles are distinct
Oblong, cilia at
seed apex
A. penangiana
(Sidiyasa 1998)
Grey or pale brown
colored smooth
barks
Whorls of 3–4, glabrous,
obovate
Many-flowered, glabrous, and
pubescent
A pair of follicles,
glabrous striate
Dark brown,
narrowly ovate
or elliptic with
long cilia
A.
pneumatophora
(Monachino
1949; Ferry
2016)
The smooth bark of
greyish white color
and milky sap
Leaves are simple, sessile or
sub-sessile, coriaceous,
obovate to spatulate with
rounded apex
Cymose terminal inflorescences
carrying numerous
flowers with
funnel-shaped corolla of
yellowish-white color
The fruits are dehiscent
follicles produced in pair,
containing many oblong
seeds
Glabrous,
blackish brown,
oblong, and
round ended
A. rostrata
(Monachino
1949)
Pale or
yellowish-brown
bark without
buttresses, granular
Whorls of 3–4, glabrous,
oblong or elliptic, undulate
and/or sinuate leaf margins
White colored many
flowers,
glabrous or puberulous,
syncarpous ovary
Widest solitary follicles
(more than 10 mm),
single follicle, glabrous
Numerous,
oblong, or
elliptical with
long cilia
A. venenata
(Monachino
1949)
Greyish-brown
bark and bright
yellow hard woody
root
Whorls of 3–7, elliptic
leaf-blades, broad lateral
nerves
Ciliate calyx lobes, slender stipes,
short and blunt stigma apiculi,
sub-umbellar cyme
Fruits are fusiform with
five petals, stalked and
beaked follicles, tapering
both ends
Smooth and
flat
with tufts
A. yunnanensis
(Monachino
1949)
Shrubs or small
trees with smooth
or ringed branches
Whorls of 3–6, glabrous;
narrowly elliptic or obovate
Many
flowers, cymes puberulent,
and slender pedicels
A pair of distinct
follicles, glabrous, lacks
stipes
Oblong or
elliptic, round
ended, and
rough surfaces
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Species
Bark and trunk
Leaves
Flowers or inflorescences
Fruits
Seed
A. macrophylla
(Khyade et al.
2014)
Smooth, blackish
brown bark,
straight trunk, and a
narrow crown
Whorls of 3–4, verticilliate,
simple, penni-veined, and
glabrous above
Pubescent, slender pedicels, and
distinct ovaries
Glabrous, linear, and 20–
50 cm long
Oblong, small
hairy seeds
A. mairei
(Monachino
1949)
Glabrous,
lenticellate
branchlets
Whorls of 3–5, oblanceolate
and glabrous
Glabrous, not ciliate, cymes
longer than leaves, small stigma
apiculi
Linear and 5–10 cm long
and follicles are distinct
Oblong, cilia at
seed apex
A. penangiana
(Sidiyasa 1998)
Grey or pale brown
colored smooth
barks
Whorls of 3–4, glabrous,
obovate
Many-flowered, glabrous, and
pubescent
A pair of follicles,
glabrous striate
Dark brown,
narrowly ovate
or elliptic with
long cilia
A.
pneumatophora
(Monachino
1949; Ferry
2016)
The smooth bark of
greyish white color
and milky sap
Leaves are simple, sessile or
sub-sessile, coriaceous,
obovate to spatulate with
rounded apex
Cymose terminal inflorescences
carrying numerous
flowers with
funnel-shaped corolla of
yellowish-white color
The fruits are dehiscent
follicles produced in pair,
containing many oblong
seeds
Glabrous,
blackish brown,
oblong, and
round ended
A. rostrata
(Monachino
1949)
Pale or
yellowish-brown
bark without
buttresses, granular
Whorls of 3–4, glabrous,
oblong or elliptic, undulate
and/or sinuate leaf margins
White colored many
flowers,
glabrous or puberulous,
syncarpous ovary
Widest solitary follicles
(more than 10 mm),
single follicle, glabrous
Numerous,
oblong, or
elliptical with
long cilia
A. venenata
(Monachino
1949)
Greyish-brown
bark and bright
yellow hard woody
root
Whorls of 3–7, elliptic
leaf-blades, broad lateral
nerves
Ciliate calyx lobes, slender stipes,
short and blunt stigma apiculi,
sub-umbellar cyme
Fruits are fusiform with
five petals, stalked and
beaked follicles, tapering
both ends
Smooth and
flat
with tufts
A. yunnanensis
(Monachino
1949)
Shrubs or small
trees with smooth
or ringed branches
Whorls of 3–6, glabrous;
narrowly elliptic or obovate
Many
flowers, cymes puberulent,
and slender pedicels
A pair of distinct
follicles, glabrous, lacks
stipes
Oblong or
elliptic, round
ended, and
rough surfaces
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