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6. Salacia macrophylla Blumewfo-0001259733

Bijdr. 221. 1825, non Miq. 1851; Ding Hou in Steenis, Fl. Males. ser. 1, 6: 412, fig. 34 & 36e. 1964.


Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.



Synonyms & Citations :

Salacia flavescens Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 41: 300. 1872; M.A.Lawson in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 1: 627. 1875; Kurz, Forest Fl. Burma 1: 260. 1877; King, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 65: 368. 1896, incl. var. dumosa King; Ridl., Fl. Malay Penin. 1: 459. 1922; Craib, Fl. Siam. Enum. 1: 289. 1926.
Salacia kamputensis Pierre, Fl. Forest. Cochinch.: t. 312B, in text, 1894; Pit. in Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 1: 905. 1912.


Description : Lianas, straggling shrubs, sometimes erect shrubs, up to ca 2.5 m tall. Leaves subcoriaceous, usually yellowish when dry, elliptic to narrow elliptic, obovate, broad-ovate, lanceolate to narrow lanceolate, 7.5–39 by 4.5–13.5 cm, base cuneate, attenuate, obtuse or rounded, apex acuminate to cuspidate, rarely acute or obtuse, margin entire, nerves 7–14 per side, petiole 5–25 mm long. Flowers greenish white, in fascicles or on very short axillary bracteate tubercles, sometimes ramiflorous, greenish white or yellow; pedicels 6–10 mm long. Calyx lobes ca 1 mm long, slightly erose, rarely laciniate at the margin. Petals elliptic or broad-ovate, 1–3 by 0.5–2 mm. Disk thin, roundish, discoid to cupular, 1.5-2 mm in diam. Stamens 3, ca 1 mm long. Ovary 3-loculed; ovules (2–)4 in each locule. Fruits broad-ellipsoid or subglobose, 5.5–6.5 by 5–5.5 cm, orange or red. Seeds ellipsoid, 2–3 by 1–2 cm, covered by dried pulp.


Thailand : EASTERN: Nakhon Ratchasima (Khao Laem, Pak Thong Chai); SOUTH WESTERN: Phetchaburi; SOUTH-EASTERN: Chanthaburi, Trat (Dong Ma Duea, Ko Chang, Ko Kut); PENINSULAR: Chumphon (Ban Kraye, Ban Trang), Ranong, Surat Thani (Ban Na, Khao Nong, Ko Samui), Krabi (Phanom), Phatthalung, Trang (Huai Yot, Khao Chong), Satun (Ko Adang, Tarutao), Songkhla (Nathawi), Yala, Narathiwat (Khao Sam Nak, Tak Bai, Waeng).


Distribution : India (Concan, Andaman Islands), Myanmar (Tenasserim), China (Hainan), Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia (Malaya, Sarawak), Indonesia (Java – type), New Britain.


Ecology : Evergreen/deciduous forests, by stream in bamboo forests, on granitic hill, among limestone outcrops, near sea level to 1,200 m alt. Flowering: January–June, August–October; fruiting: February–June, September.


Vernacular : Krado hot (กระดอหด)(Nakhon Ratchasima, Southeastern); krado yen (กระดอเย็น)(Trat, Ko Chang); kop dong (กอบดง), kop nang (กอบนาง)(Pattani).


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