Madagascar

Madagascar (mg)

N Madagascar, Antsiranana (Diego Suarez) Province, Ankarana Massif, easter margin, track to Grotte des Chauve-Souris

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D. Du Puy

Lewis G. & Schrire B.

m 567

1992-11-27

150

12° 57' 0'' S ; 49° 7' 59.988'' E

-12.95 ; 49.13333

Tall, lareg, emergent, evergreen (apparently) tree c. 30 m tall; DBH c. 80 cm; base swollen and with rounded root buttresses; bark grey-brown, rough with small raised pustules, flaking off in few, large pieces leaving a dimpled surface. Leaves with 6-9, alternate leaflets; leaflets glossy above, pea green beneath, with a yellowish midvein. fruits becoming ochre yellow when ripe, with a brittle outer surface wich is inflated around 1 or rarely 2 cashew-nut shaped, dark brown seeds, the seeds enclosed in a fibrous covering which is wet and fleshy and smells fermented at first but eventually dries out (Seeeds 23-27 x 11-14 x 15-17 mm when fresh, swollen at one end)