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5. Elaeocarpus floribundus Blumewfo-0000664266

Bijdr. 1: 120. 1825; Mast. in Hook.f., Fl. Br. Ind.1: 401. 1874; Kurz, Fl. Burm. 1: 167. 1877; Gagnep. in Fl. Gén. I.-C. 1: 577. 1911; Ridl. Fl. Mal. Pen. 1: 313. 1922; Craib in Fl. Siam. En. 1: 194. 1925; Phengklai, Thai For. Bull. (Bot.) 10: 24. f. 7. 1977. Fig. 7.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Description : Evergreen tree, up to 25 m high; apical part of young twigs not resinous; twigspubescent, glabrescent. Leaves oblong, elliptic or sometimes obovate, 8–17 by 3–7 cm, serrate; lamina sparsely gland-dotted; base acute or obtuse and usually oblique; apex acute or cuspidate; hairy along midrib on both surfaces; secondary nerves 6–8 pairs, ± arched and anastomosing, ± depressed on upper surface, prominent on lower surface; petiole 2–4 cm long, pubescent, glabrescent. Inflorescences below the leaves in axils of fallen leaves, 8–20 cm long; pedicels 4–8 mm long, pubescent. Sepals lanceolate or narrowly triangular, ± 4 by 2 mm, pubescent outside, hairy along median line inside. Petals obovate-oblong, ± 5 by 2 mm, ciliate in lower half, base smooth inside; laciniae about 1\2 the length of the petal. Stamens 30–40, 1.5–2 mm long, glabrous; anthers with a tuft of hairs at apex. Ovary ovoid, shortly hairy, usually 3-locular; style shortly hairy in lower half disc distinctly 5-lobed. Drupes woody, ellipsoid, 3–3.5 by 1.5–2 cm, glabrous, often with yellow dots; rounded or obtuse at both ends; fruit-stalks ± 1 cm long, glabrous; seeds 1, embryo straight.

Thailand : NORTHERN: Chiang Mai, Lampang; NORTH-EASTERN: Loei, Phetchabun; CENTRAL: Nonthaburi (cultivated?); PENINSULAR: Chumphon, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Narathiwat, Surat Thani, Phangnga, Trang.

Distribution : India, Burma, Laos, Cambodia, Malay Peninsula, Indonesia (Java – type).

Ecology : More frequent in lowland tropical rain forests, also frequent in lower montane forests, up to 1,500 m alt. Flowering and fruiting: February–June.

Vernacular : Muat doi (เหมือดดอย), miat doi mai (เมียดดอนหมาย)(Northern); biat yai (เบียดใหญ่), mak duk hin (หมากดูกหิน), man som (มันส้ม)(Northeastern); kalon (กาลน)(Central); kun thuan (กุนเถื่อน), di ngu (ดีงู), lon (ลน), thuai (ทวย), thui (ทุย)(Peninsular).