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12. Baccaurea ramiflora Lour.wfo-0000305379

Fl. Cochinch.: 661. 1790; Gagnep., in Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine Blumen. 5: 551. 1927; Airy Shaw, Kew Bull. 26: 221. 1972; Whitmore. Tree Fl. Malaya 2: 65. 1973; Haegens, Blumea Suppl. 12: 172, map 3.34, photo 9. 2000; Haegens & Welzen in Welzen et al., Thai Forest Bull., Bot. 28: 73. 2000. Plate IV: 3.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Synonyms & Citations :

Description : Tree up to 13 m high, candelabriform branching pattern strong; branchlets (sub)glabrous. Indumentum simple hairs. Stipules 2.5–6 by 1–2.5 mm. Leaves: petiole 10–63 mm long; blade elliptic to obovate, 7.1–25.5 by 2.9–8.8 cm, length/width ratio 1.8–4, papery, base attenuate to cuneate, lower surface without disc-like glands absent; nerves 4–9 per side. Staminate inflorescences axillary to cauliflorous, 1 to many together, up to 8.5(–15.5) cm long; bracts (1.5–)3–4 mm long, bracteoles absent. Staminate flowers 1.1–4 mm in diam., yellow; pedicel 0.8–2.6 mm long; sepals 4 or 5, different in shape, 1–2.4 by 0.5–1.4 mm; stamens 5–8, 0.7–1.1 mm long; filaments 0.5–0.9 mm long, straight; anthers 0.2–0.3 by 0.2–0.4 mm. Pistillate inflorescences just below the leaves to cauliflorous, single to many together, ca 10 cm long. Pistillate flowers 3–8 mm in diam., yellow; pedicel 1.5–3 mm long; sepals 4 or 5, elliptic. 3.5–5 by 1–2 mm; ovary (2)3(4)-locular; stigmas sessile, ca 0.5 mm long, not lobed. Fruits globose to ovoid berries, 19–37 by 14–28 by 14–28 mm, red to orange to pink to purplish outside, cream inside, (sub)glabrous outside, glabrous inside. Seeds 9–15 by 9–11 by 1.5–6 mm; arillode white.

Thailand : NORTHERN: Chiang Mai, Phrayao, Lampang, Phrae, Sukothai, Phitsanulok; NORTH-EASTERN: Phetchabun, Loei, Kalasin, Khon Kaen; EASTERN: Chaiyaphum, Nakhon Ratchasima; SOUTH-WESTERN: Uthai Thani, Kanchanaburi; CENTRAL: Saraburi, Nakhon Nayok; SOUTH-EASTERN: Prachin Buri, Chachoengsao, Chon Buri, Chanthaburi, Trat; PENINSULAR: Chumphon, Ranong, Surat Thani, Phangnga, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Trang, Satun, Songkhla, Narathiwat.

Distribution : India (Assam), Burma, Laos, China (Yunnan, Hainan), Vietnam (type), Malay Peninsula, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Ecology : Primary rain forests, often cultivated; soil: sand, granite; 50–1,700 m alt.

Vernacular : Mafai (มะไฟ); khi mi (ขี้หมี)(Northern); sae-khruea-sae (แซเครือแซ)(Karen-Mae Hong Son); ham kang (หัมกัง)(Phetchabun); pha-yio (ผะยิ้ว)(Khmer-Surin); mafai pa (มะไฟป่า)(Eastern, Southeastern); mafai ka (มะไฟกา), som fai (ส้มไฟ)(Peninsular).

Uses: Arillode edible, sweet to sour.; in northern used by hilltribes as medicine; bark, root bark and wood are used in decoction of dried and grinded material.