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Suregada multiflora (A.Juss.) Baill.wfo-0000317662

Étude Euphorb: 396. 1858; Corner, Ways. Trees: 255–256. 1940; Airy Shaw, Kew Bull. 26: 342. 1971; Whitmore, Tree Fl. Malaya 2: 133. 1973.— Gelonium multiflorum Fig. 88; Plate XXIX: 2.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Synonyms & Citations :

Description : Shrub or small tree, 3–15 m high, glabrous. Stipules minute, caducous. Leaves: blade elliptic, 12–15 by 5–7 cm, length/width ratio 2.1–2.4, base cuneate, margin entire, apex acute, dark green, secondary veins 5–7 pairs. Inflorescences fascicles or short cymes on 0.3–1 cm long peduncle. Flowers unisexual, 0.8–1.2 cm in diam., fragrant; pedicel 4–6 mm long, covered with short hairs. Staminate flowers: sepals 5, round, 3–4 by 2.5–3.5 mm, the receptacle with numerous small disc glands among the filaments; pistillode minute. Pistillate flowers: sepals longer than the staminate ones, disc with papery margin, concave, sometimes with tiny staminodes; ovary 3-locular; stigmas shortly bifid, spreading. Fruits subglobular or shallowly 3-lobed, 2.5–3.5 by 2–2.5 cm, mostly smooth, tardily dehiscent, reddish-orange when ripe. Seeds subglobose, sarcotesta ± fleshy and white when fresh.

Thailand : NORTHERN: Chiang Mai, Nan, Lampang, Phrae, Tak, Nakhon Sawan; NORTH-EASTERN Loei, Udon Thani; EASTERN: Nakhon Ratchasima, Surin, Si Sa Ket, Ubon Ratchathani; SOUTH-WESTERN: Uthai Tani, Kanchanaburi, Phetchaburi, Prachuap Khiri Khan; CENTRAL: Saraburi, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon (Bangkok) (cultivated); SOUTH-EASTERN: Sa Kaeo, Prachin Buri, Chon Buri, Chanthaburi, Trat; PENINSULAR: Chumphon, Ranong, Surat Thani, Phangnga, Phuket, Krabi, Nakhon Si Thamarat, Trang, Satun, Songkhla, Pattani, Narathiwat.

Distribution : India (type), Burma, Indochina, Malay Peninsula.

Ecology : In deciduous, mixed or evergreen forests, up to 500 m alt.

Vernacular : Thurian pa (ทุเรียนป่า), fai (ไฟ), ma duk lueam (มะดูกเลื่อน)(Chiang Mai); khan thong phaya bat (ขันทองพยาบาท)(Phrae, Loei, Kanchanaburi, Saraburi, Chanthaburi); duk sai (ดูกไทร), muat rot (เหมือดโรค)(Loei); duk hin (ดูกหิน), thongphan chang (ทองพันชั่ง)(Saraburi); khanthotsakon (ขัณฑสกร), chong ram phan (ช้องรำพัน), salot nan (สลอดน้ำ)(Chantaburi); takhop nok (ตะขบนก)(Ranong); khop nang nang (ขอบนางนั่ง)(Trang); yai pluak (ยายปลวก)(Satun, Krabi).