''Perrottetia alpestris'' subsp. ''philippinensis'' is a

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Perrottetia alpestris ''Perrottetia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Dipentodontaceae described as a family in 1824. Species occur in China, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, Hawaii, Australia, and Latin America. It is the largest genus of the recently describe ...

''. It is a plant in the family

Dipentodontaceae ''Dipentodontaceae'' is a family of flowering plants containing two genera. # ''Dipentodon'' Dunn - southern China, Assam, Myanmar # ''Perrottetia'' Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt - southern China, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, Queensland, Hawaii, Lati ...

, sometimes classified in the family Celastraceae.

Description

''Perrottetia alpestris'' subsp. ''philippinensis'' grows as a shrub or small tree measuring up to tall. The twigs are purplish when fresh, drying black. The flowers are white or light greenish. The roundish fruits are red and measure up to in diameter.

Distribution and habitat

''Perrottetia alpestris'' subsp. ''philippinensis'' grows naturally in

Borneo Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and eas ...

, the

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

and

Sulawesi Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sulu Ar ...

. Its habitat is hill and montane forests to altitude.

References

alpestris subsp. philippinensis Flora of Borneo Flora of the Philippines Flora of Sulawesi Plant subspecies {{Rosid-stub