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Calophyllum vexans (PROSEA)

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<big>''[[Calophyllum vexans]]'' P.F. Stevens</big>
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:Protologue: Austr. Journ. Bot. 22: 407 (1974).
== Observations ==
*A fairly large, possibly dioecious tree up to 35 m tall with bole up to 60 cm in diameter, sometimes with buttresses or stilt roots; twigs 4-angled, terminal bud strongly flattened to conical, (4-)6-12 mm long; leaves .*Leaves elliptical, trapeziform, oblong, subovate or subobovate, 3.5-12.5 cm long, usually cuneate at base, acute at apex, with (6-)8-11(-16) veins per 5 mm; inflorescences .*Inflorescences usually axillary, unbranched, 3-5-flowered; flowers with 4-8 tepals; fruit .*Fruit spherical to ovoid-ellipsoid, 18-27 mm long, with fairly thick, compact outer layer, greenish.  ''C.'' ''vexans'' usually occurs in well-drained or sometimes swampy forest up to 900(-1450) m altitude.
== Selected sources ==
648.
 
== Main genus page ==
 
*[[Calophyllum (PROSEA)|''Calophyllum'']]
 
== Authors ==
 
R.H.M.J. Lemmens (selection of species)
[[Category:Timbers (PROSEA)]]
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