Gonystylus brunnescens
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| Gonystylus brunnescens | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Thymelaeaceae |
| Genus: | Gonystylus |
| Species: | G. brunnescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Gonystylus brunnescens | |
Gonystylus brunnescens is a flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae. It is native to Southeast Asia.
Gonystylus brunnescens grows as a tree up to 40 m (130 ft) tall, with a trunk diameter of up to 100 cm (40 in). The bark is reddish to dark brown. The fruit is round, brown, up to 7 cm (3 in) in diameter.[3]
Taxonomy
Gonystylus brunnescens was first described in 1950 by English botanist Herbert Kenneth Airy Shaw in the Kew Bulletin.[2] The type specimen was collected in Kalimantan in Borneo. The specific epithet brunnescens means 'brownish', referring to the dry leaves.[3]