Shape | Narrow, regular crown. |
Landscape | Often planted for its beautiful, fragrant flowers. |
Propagation | By cuttings and seed. |
Cultivation | Best grown in full sun to partial shade with well drained soil. |
Notable Specimens | Sakunothayan Botanic Garden, Wang Tong, Phitsanulok, Thailand
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Habitat | Primarily lowland to montane rain forest. |
Bark/Stem Description | Pale grey or brown, smooth with the inner bark pale cream but quickly oxidizing to a dark ochre when cut. The wood is slightly resinous. |
Leaf Description | The leaf is 10-20 x 4-9 cm. Narrowly ovate with pointed to tapering apices. Immature or young leaves are silky while mature leaves are smooth with few scattered hairs, especially abaxial on veins. The petiole is 2-4 cm in length while the stipule scar is usually half this length. |
Flower Description | Fragrant flowers with 8-12 narrow sepals/petals, blooms are 4-5 cm in diameter and are bright yellow to orange, and held solitary in leaf axils. |
Fruit Description | The fruit is 1.5-2 cm in size and is pale brown often with large cream coloured spots. The fruit are often held in 2-5 loose clusters. Seeds are dark brown, enclosed in a thin pink pulp and hang on slender white strings when ripe. Fruiting occurs September through October. |
Colour Description | Flowers are cream to yellow-orange. |