''Kayea ferruginea'' is a plant belonging to
Calophyllaceae
Calophyllaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales and is recognized by the APG III system of classification. Most of the 14 genera and 475 species included in this family were previously recognized in the tribe Caloph ...
family;
[Stephens, P.F. (2001 onwards). ]Angiosperm Phylogeny Website
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. Version 9, June 2008. http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/ It was renamed ''Mesua ferruginea'' and references from 1980s refer to ''K. ferruginea'' as ''Mesua ferruginea''.
It is a small riverine species of Southeast Asia.
The distribution of this species has been recorded (Ridley, 1922) in Eastern
Johore
Johor, also spelled Johore,'' is a state of Malaysia in the south of the Malay Peninsula. It borders with Pahang, Malacca and Negeri Sembilan to the north. Johor has maritime borders with Singapore to the south and Indonesia to the east and ...
,
Sungei Endau southwards,
Pahang
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Ayer Etam,
Kelantan
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,
Temangan and far ranging
Andamans
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The fruits are 6 cm across, enveloped in four loose leathery fleshy sepals. Flowers found in short, axillary panicles and leaves are elliptic of 8 x 3 to 12 x 4.5 cm size.
The local or common name has been said to be Sembawang tree in a paper (Ridley and Curtis, 1897). Thus, giving the area of
Sembawang
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its name.
References
1.
Ridley, H. N. (1922) Kayea ferruginea Pierre in Flora (1) and Tree flora of Malaya Vol. 2 (1973) For department of Ministry of primary industries, Malaysia page no.230
2. Ridley, H. N. and Curtis, C., (1897) Article in the
Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society
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No. 30
ferriginea
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