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1. Cerbera manghas L.wfo-0000834469

Sp. Pl. 208: 1753; Kerr, Fl. Siam. En. 2: 435. 1939; Corner, Ways. Trees 143. 1940; Backer & Bakh.f., Fl. Java 2: 233. 1965; Whitmore, Tree Fl. Mal. 2: 12. 1973; Tsiang & P.T.Li, F. Reip. Pop. Sin. 63: 33. 1977; Lý, Fedd. Rep. 97: 445. 1986; Forster, Austrobaileya 3: 575. 1992; Li et al., Fl. China 16: 165. 1995. Plate III: 2.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Synonyms & Citations :

Description : Tree or shrub to 9 m tall. Branchlets glabrous. Leaves: petiole 0.9–4 cm long; blade papery to coriaceous, elliptic to obovate, 5.5–24 x 2–6.3 cm, apex abruptly acuminate, apiculate or, rarely, rounded, base cuneate; secondary veins 13–24 pairs anastomosing into an intramarginal nerve; glabrous. Inflorescence few to many flowered, lax, robust; 6.8–31 cm long; glabrous; pedicels 6.5–22 mm long. Sepals linear, lanceolate or oblanceolate, 9:5–17 x 2.9–5 mm; glabrous. Corolla white with a red eye (in Thailand); tube 2.6–4.3 cm long, narrow, widening near the throat; lobes 1.5–2.9 cm long; glabrous outside, pubescent most of length of tube inside. Stamens inserted just beneath mouth; anthers 1.3–1.7 x 1.1–1.8 mm. Ovary 1.4–1.8 mm long; style + pistil head 2.1–4 cm long. Fruit oblong or ellipsoid; reddish when mature; 6.5–10 cm long, 4.9 cm diameter.

Thailand : SOUTH-WESTERN: Prachuap Khiri Khan; SOUTH-EASTERN: Chon Buri, Rayong, Chanthaburi, Trat; PENINSULAR: Surat Thani, Phuket, Songkhla, Satun, Narathiwat.

Distribution : From Seychelles through E Asia and Malesia (type from Java) to the Pacific Islands and N Australia.

Ecology : On the beaches above the high tide mark or in forests near sea.

Vernacular : Rak khao (รักขาว)(Chanthaburi); pakpet (ปากเป็ด)(Trat); nien nu (เนียนหนู), thian nu (เทียนหนู)(Satun); ma-ta-ko (มะตากอ)(Malay-Narathiwat).