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4. Sonneratia ovata Backerwfo-0001223782

Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenz. III. 2: 329. 1920; Backer & Steenis in Fl. Males., Ser. 1, Spermat. 4: 285. F. 3a. 1951; Cuong in Fl. C.L.V. 4: 202. Pl. 1, 1–2. 1965; Back. &.Steenis in Fl. Males., Ser. 1, Spermat. 6: 974. F. 18a. 1972; Whitmore in Tree Fl. Mal. 1: 445. 1972; Duke & Jackes, Blumea 32: 299. F. 7. 1987. Fig. 96: 4; Plate XXXII: 54–55.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Description : Small to medium-sized, erect tree, 5–15 m high, evergreen; bark lightbrown to grey, slightly flaky; crown rounded, dense; branched from the base. Pneumatophores slender, 15–25 cm long, pointed. Leaves broadly ovate to suborbicular, 4–7 by 3–7 cm; apex broadly rounded; petiole 4–10 mm long. Flowers often in groups of 3, or solitary. Calyx bud 2–3 cm long, 1.3–1.7 cm wide, apex obtuse, finely granulate; lobes 6, 1.2–1.7 cm long. Filaments 2.5–3.6 cm long. Peduncle often tetragonous. Berry 2.5–3.5 cm high, 3.5–6 cm across, green turning yellow when ripe; flat fruiting hypanthium 2.8–4 cm wide, with appressed calyx-lobes to the berry.

Thailand : CENTRAL: Samut Sakhon; SOUTH-EASTERN: Chanthaburi; PENINSULAR: Surat Thani, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Pattani.

Distribution : Cambodia, Malay Peninsula, Java (type), S Celebes, Moluccas, SE New Guinea.

Ecology : Occurring in the inner zones of mangrove forests in brackish water and well-drained sandy mud, rather sporadic along the banks of tidal rivers and channels.

Vernacular : Lamphaen (ลำแพน), lamphu hin (ลำพูหิน).