''Cleistanthus sumatranus'' is an accepted name of a tree species in the genus ''

Cleistanthus ''Cleistanthus'' is a plant genus of the family Phyllanthaceae Phyllanthaceae is a family of flowering plants in the eudicot order Malpighiales. It is most closely related to the family Picrodendraceae.Kenneth J. Wurdack and Charles C. Davi ...

'' (family Phyllanthaceae). No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life. It is found in dense deciduous or evergreen forests, from sea level to approximately in Brunei, Cambodia, southern China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. In Chinese, it is called 闭花木 ''bi hua mu'' and in Vietnamese ''Cách hoa'' (Sumatra).

Description

''Cleistanthus sumatranus'' is an evergreen tree, growing up to tall. The leaves have petioles with elliptical leaf blades which are typically by . Flowers are small, each with five sepals and five small petals (both male and female), with up to seven occurring in axillary fascicles, subtended by normal or smaller leaves, or on leafless spike-like axes. Flowering is typically from March–August; fruiting from April–October. The capsules are red and ovoid, approximately , containing seeds which are usually single and up to in diameter.

References

The Plant List (accessed 16 April 2017)
/ref> Flora of China (accessed 16 April 2017)
/ref> de Candolle AP, 1866 ''In: Prodr. 15(2): 504'' WCSP: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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sumatranus ''Sumatranus'' is a genus of snakes belonging to the family Homalopsidae. The species of this genus are found in Southeastern Asia. Species Species: * ''Sumatranus albomaculata'' (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) References

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