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20. Ardisia colorata Roxb.wfo-0000544079

(Hort. Beng.: 16. 1814. nom. nud) Fl. Ind. ed. Carey, 2: 271. 1824; C.B.Clarke in Fl. Br. Ind. 3: 520. 1882; Mez in Pflanzenr. 9: 113. 1902; King & Gamble, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 74(2): 129. 1906, Ridl., Fl. Malay Penins. 2: 247. 1932; Pitard in Fl. Gén. I.-C. 3: 830. 1930; H.R.Fletcher, in Fl. Siam. En. 2: 336. 1938; B.C.Stone in Tree Fl. Mal. 4: 274. 1989.

Accepted Name : Ardisia complanata Wall., in Roxb., Fl. Ind. Ed. Carey, 2: 280. 1824.

Synonyms & Citations :

Description : Shrub or small tree, 2–5 m high, young branches ferruginous-lepidote, ± compressed. Leaves chartaceous; petiole 8–15 mm; lamina lanceolate to oblong- lanceolate, 13–28 by 3–8 cm, apex acute or shortly acuminate, base cuneate or obtuse, entire, glabrous, lower surface sparsely and minutely rusty-lepidote; glandular dots many, scattered, obscure or slightly convex on both surfaces when dry; lateral nerves 15–20 pairs, with short intermediates; reticulation of veins slightly prominent beneath. Panicle terminal, pyramidal, 10–18 cm long, with a spread of 8–15 cm at base, 2–3 branched; rachis and branches ± rusty-lepidote and flattened; ultimate branchlets terminating in subumbellate clusters of 2–12 flowers. Pedicel 2–3 mm, glabrous or minutely puberulous, thickened in fruit. Flowers pale pink, 2.5–3 mm. Calyx ca 1 mm, split to ⅔ of its length, lobes triangular, acute or obtuse, black-punctulate, minutely ciliate. Corolla deeply lobed; lobes oblong-elliptic, obtuse, not punctate. Anthers ovate-lanceolate, ca 1.5 mm. Ovary conical-ovoid, glabrous; style slender, ca 4 mm, exserted before anthesis. Drupe globose, 4–5 mm diam.

Thailand : NORTHERN: Chiang Mai, Lampang, Phitsanulok; NORTH-EASTERN: Nong Khai; EASTERN: Buri Ram, Chaiyaphum, Nakhon Ratchasima; CENTRAL: Saraburi; SOUTH-WESTERN: Kanchanaburi, Ratchaburi; PENINSULAR: Chumphon, Surat Thani, Ranong, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Phangnga, Phuket, Trang, Songkhla, Satun, Narathiwat.

Distribution : India, Burma, Indochina, West Malaysia, Java (type).

Ecology : In evergreen forests, frequent by streams or in damp grassy sites, 30–1,050 m alt. Flowering: October–December; fruiting: April–June.

Vernacular : Kraduk kai (กระดูกไก่), kang pla (ก้างปลา), kang pla khao (ก้างปลาเขา)(Southeastern); ma cham kong (มะจ้ำก้อง)(Northern); mueat (เหมือด)(Northeastern); ai ram yai (อ้ายรามใหญ่), tapet takai (ตาเป็ดตาไก่)(Peninsular).