Field notes, Kalimantan
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Sunday Feb 19, 1995 River-Camp 3 -> Camp 1 6212 Tristania Myrtaceae x7 Tree. Weeping over river. To 10m tall, 30 cm DBH. Bark red, peeling strongly. Lvs light green below. Calyx cream-green. Petals 5, white, quickly caducous. Stamen yellow-brown. V. common along river banks. 6213 Syzygium Myrtaceae x3 Shrub, 3m tall & creeper that sometimes flowers in middle of river (bald cypress?). Lvs light green. Fls 4x2 cm, petals white, caducous. Stamen white. 6214 Meliaceae x3 Tree, 4m on river bank. Mid ribs red hairy below as are young twigs. Fruit 4x2 cm, orange-brown. Rind standing white sap on opening. Fls 5mm thick, almost colourless, fragrant. Testa thin, purple. Seeds 2, orange green X-section