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2. Myristica elliptica Wall. ex Hook.f. & Thomsonwfo-0000447412

Fl. Ind. 1: 162. 1855; Ridl., Fl. Malay Penins. 3: 65. 1924; J.Sinclair, Gard. Bull. Singapore 16: 353. 1968; l.c., 23: 188. 1968; W.J.de Wilde, Fl. Mal. 14: 454, fig. 72. 2000.— M. elliptica var. elliptica J.Sinclair, Gard. Bull. Singapore 16: 353, fig. 26, pl. VI: A–B. 1958; l.c., 23: 188, fig. 12: G–H. 1968. Fig. 14.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Description : Tree 6 40 m. Twigs towards apex 24 mm diam., yellowish on drying, soon glabrescent, at first with hairs 0.1–0.3 mm; bark lower down striate, not cracking. Leaves blade chartaceous, elliptic or oblong, 9–21(–32) by 3–9(–12) cm, glabrous (soon glabrescent), upper surface yellowish or olivaceous on drying; lower surface glabrescent (hairs flat, ca 0.1 mm or less); midvein slender, slightly raised above; nerves 8–13(–15) pairs, faint, slightly raised above; leaf bud with fine appressed hairs 0.1–0.3 mm. Inflorescences paniculate, with (sparse) appressed hairs ca 0.1 mm or less, ± glabrescent; male inflorescences 1–2.5 by 1–1.5 cm, few-flowered, peduncle 5–10(–12) mm long; female inflorescences as the males but (much) reduced. Mature buds in both sexes angular in the upper portion, thinly pubescent with hairs ca 0.1 mm. Male flowers pedicel 3–5 mm long, bracteole (sub)apical, 0.5–1 mm long; bud elliptic-oblong, sometimes contracted below the lobes, 7–8(–9) by 2.5–3.5 mm, apex acute, lobes splitting the bud to ca ⅓ deep. Female flowers pedicel ca 3 mm long, bud ovoid oblong, 6–8 by 3–4 mm. Fruits ovoid or ellipsoid(-oblong), base often narrowed into a pseudostalk 4–12 mm long, 4.5–7.5 by (2–)2.5–4.0 cm, glabrescent, hairs ca 0.1 mm, dark brown on drying; stalk slender, 5–10 mm long.

Thailand : PENINSULAR: Narathiwat.

Distribution : Malay Peninsula (type), Sumatra, Borneo.

Ecology : Primarily in swamp forests and peat swamp forests, occasionally in disturbed dry land forests, low altitudes. Flowering and fruiting throughout the year.

Vernacular : Chan muang (จันทน์ม่วง)(Nakhon Si Thammarat); chan pa (จันทน์ป่า), cho-kae (จอแกะ), sang khaya (สังขยา)(Narathiwat)

CommonName : Swamp Nutmeg.