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Gluta macrocarpa
Gluta macrocarpa is a flowering plant in the family Anacardiaceae. It is native to Southeast Asia.
From the article Gluta macrocarpa on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Gluta macrocarpa grows as a tree up to 36 m (120 ft) tall with a trunk diameter of up to 55 cm (22 in). There are buttress roots up to 1.5 m (5 ft) high. The bark is brown to grey and produces latex. The leaves are elliptic or oblanceolate and measure up to 7.5 cm (3 in) long and up to 5 cm (2 in) wide, occasionally to 25 cm (10 in) long. The flowers are in panicles. The roundish fruits are black to purple and measure up to 4 cm (1.6 in) wide.
Range & habitat
Gluta macrocarpa is native to Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra. Its habitat is in forests to 1,200 m (4,000 ft) elevation.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 898203.