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Kayea ferruginea
1885Summary
Kayea ferruginea is a plant belonging to Calophyllaceae family; 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, Sungei Endau southwards, Pahang, Ayer Etam, Kelantan, Temangan and far ranging Andamans. 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 its name....read more on Wikipedia.
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| Place | Rain (24h) | Sun | Humidity Hum. | Wind | |
| Loading... | 0.8in | 918umol | 64% | 4mph | |
| Loading... | 1.2in | 12umol | 84% | 9mph | |
| Loading... | 0in | 18umol | 81% | 11mph | |
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