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2. Bouea oppositifolia (Roxb.) Meisn.wfo-0000569874

Pl. Vasc. Gen. Comment.: 55. 1837; Walp., Repert. Bot. Syst. 1: 556. 1842; Tardieu, Fl. Cambodge, Laos & Vietnam 2: 126. 1962; Airy Shaw, Kew Bull. 20: 87, 1966; Ding Hou, Fl. Males. ser. 1, 8: 466. 1978; Kochummen, Tree Fl. Malaya 4: 14. 1989.— Mangifera oppositifolia Roxb. [Hort. Beng.: 18. 1814], Fl. Ind. 2: 434. 1824; Fl. Ind.: 640. 1832; Tardieu, Fl. Cambodge, Laos & Vietnam 2: 128. t.8. 1962, incl. var. roxburghii (Pierre) Tardieu; Chayamarit, Thai Forest Bull. (Bot.) 22: 2. 1994. Fig. 1.


Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.



Synonyms & Citations :

Bouea burmanica Griff., Pl. Cantor: 14. 1841; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 2: 21. 1876; Kurz, Forest Fl. Burma 1: 306. 1877; Engl, in A.DC. & C.DC., Monogr. Phan. 4: 240. 1883; King, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 65: 465. 1896; Pierre, Fl. For. Cochinch. t.366B. 1897; Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 2: 27. 1908; Craib, Fl. Siam. Enum. 1: 346. 1926.
Bouea microphylla Griff., Pl. Cantor 15. 1841; Ridl., Fl. Malay Penins. 1: 519. 1922; Corner, Ways. Trees: 101, f. 18. 1940.


Description : Tree, 6–30 m high; spreading crown; bark greyish, smooth, cracked or slightly fissured. Leaves elliptic to lanceolate, 4–12 by 2.0–5.5 cm, apex acuminate, base acute or cuneate, coriaceous, glabrous, dark green above, pale green below; lateral nerves 7–18 per side, slender, raised below, veins reticulate, inconspicuous; petioles 1–2 cm. Panicles terminal or axillary, 15–20 cm long; terminal buds lanceolate. Flowers pale yellow or greenish-white; pedicels 2–3 mm, puberulous or glabrous; calyx lobes broadly ovate, 0.5–0.7 mm long; petals oblong, 2–2.5 by 1 mm; stamens 1–1.5 mm long; ovary 0.5 mm in diam. Drupes ovoid-oblongoid, 3.5 by 2.5 cm, green, yellowish-orange when ripe.


Thailand : NORTHERN: Lampang, Phrae; CENTRAL: Krung Thep Maha Nakhon (Bangkok); SOUTH-EASTERN: Trat (Khlung, Ko Chang); SOUTH-WESTERN: Prachuap Khiri Khan; PENINSULAR: Chumphon, Surat Thani (Ko Tao), Phangnga (Takuapa), Trang, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Songkhla.


Distribution : China (Yunnan, Hainan), Indochina, Andaman Islands, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo.


Ecology : In evergreen forests, ca 500 m alt. Widely cultivated for its fruits. Flowering: December–March; fruiting: February–April.


Vernacular : Khong (โค้ง)(Khmer-Surin); ma phang (มะผาง)(Northern); ma prang (มะปราง), ma yong (มะยง), ma yong chit (มะยงชิด)(Central); sa-ta (สะตา)(Malay-Peninsular).


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