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7. Oxyspora umbellata (Hook.f. ex Triana) J.F.Maxwellwfo-0000162566

Gard. Bull. (Singapore) 35: 218. 1983.— Allomorphia umbellulata Hook.f ex Triana, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 74, pl. 6, fig. 66a. 1871; Kurz, Fl. Burm. 1: 506. 1877.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Synonyms & Citations :

Description : Shrub, 2–5 m high, branchlets subterete and glabrous. Leaves of a pair sometimes unequal in size, elliptic, ovate-oblong, or ovate-lanceolate, 10–20 x 5–8.7 cm, base obtuse or cordate, apex acuminate, tip 1–2.5 cm long, margin entire, lamina with 2–3 pairs of lateral primary veins, above subglabrous, below softly pilose or puberulous or rarely glabrous, petioles (1–)3–5(–7) cm long. Inflorescence axes pilose or minutely puberulous, glabrescent, 4–6 cm long, flowers in clusters of 5–7. Flowers 4-merous; pedicels 10–20 mm long, minutely puberulous. Hypanthium cylindrical, 6–7 mm long, minutely puberulous; calyx lobes dorsally with a thick, wing-like cusp. Petals 7–9 mm long, pink. Stamens 8, subisomorphic, anthers 10–12 mm long, white. Capsule ± cylindrical, 8–11 mm long, crowned by the persistent calyx rim.

Thailand : PENINSULAR: Ranong, Surat Thani (Khao Nawng – type of Oryspora gracilis: Kerr 13261 -BK K), Nakhon Si Thammarat (Khao Luang – type of O. caudata: Kerr 15500 -BK K), Phatthalung (vic. of Khao Sung – type of O. setosa: Kerr 15236 -BK K), Satun (Klawng Ton area – type of O. collina var. subglabra: Kerr 14547 -BK K), Yala.

Distribution : Burma (Tenasserim or Andaman Islands – type: Helfer 2660 -K).

Ecology : Evergreen forests, 180–1,600 m alt.

Vernacular : Mang le (มังเล)(Nakhon Si Thammarat); mang le khuan (มังเลควน), mare khuan (มะเรควน)(Pattani).