Creochiton roseus Merr.

Kartonegoro, A. & Veldkamp, J. F., 2013, Revision of Creochiton (Melastomataceae), Blumea 58 (3), pp. 217-227 : 226

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11. Creochiton roseus Merr. View in CoL ― Map 3 View Map 3

Creochiton roseus Merr.(1905) 32;(1923) 191. ― Type: Copeland 1297 (holo PNH n.v., probably lost;iso K, NY,US), Philippines, Mindanao, Davao District, Todaya .

Woody climbers, up to 6 m tall; branchlets terete, sparsely furfuraceous, distally floccose, 2–3 mm diam; nodes thickened with an interpetiolary ridge. Leaves thin to subcoriaceous, ovate to elliptic, apex acute, base rounded to cuneate; above glabrous, below glabrescent, midrib densely furfuraceous, 6.2–9 by 3.2–4.5 cm; nervation plinerved with 1–2 pairs of main nerves arising from above the base; petiole densely furfuraceous, 1.5–2 cm long. Inflorescences axillary, 2 –3 cm long, umbellate to paniculate, 3–5-flowered; main axis densely furfuraceous, 1–2.5 cm long; bracts not seen; bracteoles subcoriaceous, obovate to elliptic, veined, apex rounded, glabrous outside, densely stellate furfuraceous inside, enveloping the flower buds, 6–12 by 4–6 mm; pedicel 0.5–1 cm long. Hypanthium campanulate or urceolate, densely stellate furfuraceous, 3 –5 by 2–3 mm; calyx rim truncate; petals elliptic, apex obtuse c. 7 by 3–4 mm, bluish pink. Stamens 8, equal; filament flat, greenish, 4–4.5 mm long; anthers elongate, yellow, 4.5–5 mm long; connective with a triangular crest, purple, c. 1 mm long; lateral appendages absent; ovary 3–4 mm long, glabrous, apex concave; style glabrous, greenish, 8–9 mm long; extra-ovarial chambers not developed. Fruits globose, depressed, 6–7 by 8–10 mm, green, glabrous; seeds 0.8–1 mm long.

Distribution ― Philippines (Mindanao).

Ecology & Habitat ― Primary forest between 800–1200 m altitude.

Vernacular name ― Isag (Baguio).

Note ― Creochiton roseus is distinguished by its floccose branchlets, 3 –5-flowered inflorescences, densely stellate furfuraceous hypanthium with a completely truncate calyx rim. Creochiton dipterus differs by the coriaceous leaves, and 4 small distinct teeth on the rim of the calyx. Another Philippine species, C. bracteatus , has thin bracteoles and only 4 stamens.