e-Flora of Thailand

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Champereia manillana (Blume) Merr.wfo-0000599823

Philip. J. Sci., Bot. 7: 233. 1912; Back. & Bakh. f., Fl, Java 2: 67. 1965; Hiepko, Nat. Hist. Bull. Siam Soc. 27: 119. f. 3. 1978; Willdenowia 9: 16. 1979; in Fl. Males., Ser. 1, Spermat. 10: 35.1. 1–3; 5b. 1984.— Cansjera manillana Blume, Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 1: 246. 1851.


Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.



Synonyms & Citations :

Opilia cumingiana Baill., Adansonia 3: 124. 1862.— Champereia cumingiana (Baill.) Merr., Philip. J. Sci. l. Suppl.: 50. 1906.
Champereya gnetocarpa Kurz, J. Bot. 13: 325. 1875.
Champereya griffithiana Planch. ex Kurz, J. As. Soc. Beng. 44: 154. 1875; Hook.f., Fl. Br. Ind. 5: 236. 1886 (Champereia under Santalaceae).
Champereia griffithii Planch.ex Kurz, Fl. Burm. 2: 330. 1877; Ridl., Fl. Malay Penins. 3: 172. 1924.


Description : Small tree up to 10 m or shrub. Leaves glabrous, ovate, oblong, or lanceolate, 6–13(–20) by 2–8(–11) cm; apex slightly acuminate; base shortly attenuate to attenuate; petiole 3–5 mm. Panicles solitary or in groups of 2–4; main rhachis up to 16 cm long; bracts ovate, acute, 0.5–1 mm long. Hermaphrodite flowers: pedicels 2.5–5 mm, thickened upwards. Tepals yellowish-green, 1–1.5 mm, oblong, acute. Stamens as long as the tepals; anthers yellow, oval, 0.3 mm long. Disc green, annular, crenulate. Ovary green, 0.5 mm long. Female flowers green; pedicels short, ca 0.5 mm. Tepals ca 0.5 mm, acute; staminodes minute, 0.2 mm, scaly. Disc lobes smaller than staminodes. Ovary cylindric to ovoid, ca 0.5 mm long; stigma cushion-shaped. Drupe orange-red, 10–15 by 7–8 mm; pedicel 1.5–2(–4) mm.


Thailand : EASTERN: Chaiyaphum (Nong Bua Daeng); SOUTH-EASTERN: Rayong (Ban Phe), Chanthaburi (Laem Sing, Khao Sabap, Plain of Makham), Trat (Ko Chang); PENINSULAR: Chumphon (Hatsai Ri), Ranong (Kra Buri, Nok Nang), Phangnga (Takua Pa), Satun (Ko Yao Yai, Ko Boi Noi, Thung Wa, Ko Adang), Pattani (To Mo), Yala (Bannang Sata), Narathiwat (Waeng).


Distribution : Burma, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Vietnam, Taiwan, Malesia, the Philippines (type).


Ecology : In evergreen forests, rarely in deciduous forests or scrub, from sea level up to 300 m alt., in Burma 700 m. Flowering: December–March; fruit from January–April.


Vernacular : Sen (เสน)(Eastern); phak wan (ผักหวาน)(Southeastern, Peninsular); phak wan pa (ผักหวานป่า)(Southeastern); phak puem (ผักปึม), puk pa (ปุกป่า)(Peninsular).


Uses: Fruits and young leaves (shoots) eaten as vegetables.


Notes: Confusion with the poisonous leaves of Uroborrya siamensis possible (see there).


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