e-Flora of Thailand

Volume 2 > Part 1 > Year 1970 > Page 69 > Rosaceae > Prunus

4. Prunus javanica (Teijsm. & Binn.) Miq.wfo-0001017632

Fl. Ind. Bat. 1: 365, 1085. 1855; Koord. & Val., Ic. Bog. 2: 169. t. 140. 1904; Kalkman, Blumea 13: 47. 1965; Vidal in Fl. C.L.V. 6: 174. pl.23. 1968.— Cerasus javanica Teijsm. & Binn., Natuurk. Tijdschr. Ned.—Indië 2: 309. 1851.


Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.



Synonyms & Citations :

Prunus martabanica Wall. ex Kurz, Fl. Burm. 1: 474. 1877; Hook.f., Fl. Br. Ind. 2: 316. 1878; Ridl., Fl. Malay Penins. 1: 672. 1922.
Prunus nitida Koehne, Bot. Jahrb. 52: 298. 1918 (non Salisb. 1796); Card. In Fl. Gén, I.-C. 2: 622. f. 59. 1920.
Prunus nitens Craib, Fl. Siam. En. 1: 565. 1931.


Description : Tree up to 30 m. Leaves oblong-ovate, 8–15 by 3–6 cm, base rounded to acute, apex acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, densely black-dotted beneath, sometimes 2-glandular in the basal part; nerves 8–12 paris. Petiole 6–12 mm long. Stipules linear, deciduous. Racemes axillary, usually solitary, 2–6 cm long. glabrous or sparsely pubescent. Pedicel 2–6 mm. Calyx tube glabrous or pubescent outside, glabrous inside; calyx lobes minute, obtuse. Petals white, broad-ovate or orbicular, 3 by 3 mm. Stamens 25–50. Ovary glabrous. Style glabrous. Drupe ovoid to ellipsoid, acute, 20 by 8 mm; stone thin smooth.


Thailand : NORTHERN: Chiang Mai; EASTERN: Nakhon Ratchasima.


Distribution : Peninsular Burma, S Andaman, S Vietnam, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java (type), Borneo, Celebes, Moluccas, New Guinea.


Ecology : Primary and secondary forests, from sea level up to 1,200 m alt. Flowering: March–May.


Main