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1. Parameria laevigata (Juss.) Moldenkewfo-0000264467

Rev. Sudamer. Bot. 6: 176. 1940; Backer & Bakht., F. Java 2: 234. 1965; Tsiang & P.T.Li, Fl. Reip. Pop. Sin. 63: 166. 1977, Lý, Fedd. Rep. 97: 671. 1986; Middleton, Blumea 41: 76. 1996; Li et al., Fl. China 16: 185. 1995.— Aegiphila laevigata Juss., Ann. Mus. Paris 7: 76. 1805. Plate VI: 4.


Accepted Name : Urceola laevigata (Juss.) D.J.Middleton & Livsh.
Taxon 67: 356. 2018.



Synonyms & Citations :

Parsonsia barbata Blume, Bijdr. 1042. 1826.— Ecdysanthera barbata (Blume) Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat. 2: 451. 1857.— Parameria barbata (Blume) K.Schum., Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(2): 162. 1895; Kerr, Fl. Siam. En. 2: 464. 1939.
Echites glandulifera Wall. ex G.Don, Gen. Syst. 4: 75. 1837.— Ecdysanthera glandulifera (Wall. ex G.Don) A.DC. in DC., Prod. 8: 443. 1844.— Parameria glandulifera (Wall. ex G.Don.) Benth. ex Kurz, Fl. Burm. 2: 189. 1877; Hook.f., Fl. Br. Ind. 3: 660. 1882; King & Gamble, J. As. Soc. Beng. 74(2): 478. 1907; Ridl., Fl. Malay Penins. 2: 358. 1923.
Ecdysanthera glandulifera var. pierrei Heim ex Spire, Apocyn. I.-C. 40. 1905.— Parameria glandulifera var. pierrei (Heim ex Spire) Pitard, Fl. Gén. I.-C. 3: 1201, 1933.— P. barbata var. pierrei (Heim ex Spire) Kerr, Fl. Siam. En. 2: 464. 1939.


Description : Branches pubescent or glabrous. Leaves: petiole 1–4.6 mm long; blade papery, elliptic or ovate, 1.5–14 x 0.7–5.3 cm, apex acuminate or rarely acute, base cuneate; secondary veins 3–6 pairs. Inflorescence 2–16 cm long; forming a terminal panicle or having shorter cymes scattered along stem; puberulent; many flowered. Sepals 0.5–1.1 x 0.4–0.7 mm; pubescent to glabrous. Corolla white, sometimes with some pink; tube 1.6–2.3 mm long; lobes 1.7–4 mm long; glabrous or pubescent on tube outside, glabrous inside. Stamens with anthers 0.8–1.4 x 0.3–0.4 mm, apex long acuminate. Disk of 5 separate lobes. Ovary 0.3–0.6 mm long, pubescent on top; style + pistil head 0.7–1.2 mm long. Fruit 12–27 cm long, 0.4–0.7 cm wide; glabrous. Seeds brown hirsute; elliptic, inrolled; 5.7–12 x 1.1–4 mm; coma 1.7–3.2 mm long.


Thailand : NORTHERN: Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Nan, Lamphun, Lampang, Tak, Sukhothai, Phitsanulok, Nakhon Sawan; NORTH-EASTERN: Phetchabun, Loei, Khon Kaen; EASTERN: Nakhon Ratchasima, Buri Ram, Si Sa Ket; SOUTH-WESTERN: Uthai Thani, Kanchanaburi, Prachuap Khiri Khan; CENTRAL: Saraburi, Nakhon Nayok, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon (Bangkok); SOUTH-EASTERN: Prachin Buri, Chon Buri, Chanthaburi, Trat; PENINSULAR: Ranong, Surat Thani, Phangnga, Trang, Satun, Yala.


Distribution : China, Burma, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Cambodia, Vietnam.


Ecology : In evergreen or deciduous forests or thicket to 900 m alt.


Vernacular : Khruea khao muak (เครือเขามวก), khruea khao muak khao (เครือเขามวกขาว), khao muak khao (เขามวกขาว), tang tu khruea (ตั่งตู่เครือ)(Northern); khruea sut (เครือซูด), khuea chut (เครือชูด)(Central, Eastern); thao pralam phi (เถาประหล่ำผี)(Central); muak (มวก), som lom (ส้มลม)(Prachin Buri); tang tid (ตังติด)(Chanthaburi); wo-kan cha-ruk (วอร์กั้นจรูก)(Khmer-Prachin Buri); wan-cha-ruk (วันจรูก)(Khmer Chanthaburi).


Notes: This species is extremely variable.


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Plate VI: 4
The correct name is Chonemorpha verrucosa (Blume) D.J.Middleton)
Rachun Pooma (Khao Phravihan, Si Sa Ket)