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11. Madhuca pierrei (F.N.Williams) H.J.Lamwfo-0000232829

Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, Sér. 3, 7: 182. 1925 & 3, 8: 463. 1927; H.R.Fletcher in Craib & Kerr, Fl. Siam. 2: 359. 1938; P.Royen, Blumea 10: 42. 1960; Aubrév., Fl. Cambodge, Laos & Vietnam, Sapotacées: 27, pl. 3, f. 5. 1963; Pennington, Gen. Sapot.: 158. 1991; Chantar., Thai Forest Bull., Bot. 27: 145. 1999.— Bassia pierrei F.N.Williams, Bull. Herb. Boissier, Sér. 2,5: 226. 1905; Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 3: 903. 1930.— Mixandra butyracea var. pierrei (F.N.Williams) A.Chev., Rev. Bot. Appl. 23: 147. 1943.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Synonyms & Citations :

Description : Tree to 20 m tall; branchlets stout, reddish brown or greyish woolly or glabrescent. Leaves mostly spirally tufted at the ends of branchlets; lamina coriaceous, obovate or obovate-oblong, (7–) 12.5–24 by (3–) 6–11.5 cm; apex obtuse; base cordate or rounded, slightly asymmetrical; upper surface glabrous or somewhat hairy along midrib; lower surface reddish brown woolly; midrib grooved, narrowly crested above, rounded below; secondary veins 12–23 on each side, vanishing near the margin, somewhat looped in the apical part of leaf; tertiary veins transverse, reticulately connected; petioles terete, 1.5–3.5 cm long, slightly thickened at base, reddish brown or yellowish woolly; stipules ovate or lanceolate, 8–9 by 2–3 mm, reddish brown woolly outside, glabrous inside, caducous. Flowers many in the axils of the apical leaves; pedicels stout, 2–3.5 cm long, densely reddish brown woolly. Sepals 4; outer sepals ovate, somewhat crested, 1.3–1.4 by 1.1–1.2 cm, reddish brown woolly on both surfaces except for a glabrous central part inside; inner sepals ovate, 1.2–1.5 by 1–1.1 cm, somewhat crested, reddish brown woolly on both surfaces except for a glabrous basal part inside, with membranous, glabrous, fimbriate margin. Corolla 1.8–2 cm long, glabrous outside, reddish brown woolly between the stamens and in the upper half of the tube inside; tube 9–10 mm long; lobes 8, elliptic or ovate, 9.3–10 by 4.6–5 mm, with somewhat fimbriate margins. Stamens 30, 6–8 mm long, entirely glabrous; filaments subulate, 3–4 mm long; anthers lanceolate ca 7 mm long; connective acuminate, ca 2 mm long. Ovary disciform, 7–9-locular, glabrous; style filiform, 2.5–2.6 cm long, glabrous. Fruits ellipsoid or ovoid, ca 3 by 2 cm, 1–3-seeded, crowned by style remnant at apex.

Thailand : EASTERN: Nakhon Ratchasima (Chantuek); SOUTH-WESTERN: Ratchaburi (Ban Pong), Phetchaburi, Prachuap Khiri Khan (Sam Roi Yot); CENTRAL: Chai Nat (Khao Thamamun), Saraburi (Phukhae), Krung Thep Maha Nakhon (Bangkok) (cultivated); PENINSULAR: Chumphon (Ko Tao, Lang Suan, Tha Chana), Surat Thani (Bangbao, Khian Sa), Nakhon Si Thammarat (Tha Khanom), Phattalung (Sak), Satun (Tola), Pattani (Ban Sai Khao).

Distribution : Cambodia, Laos (type).

Ecology : In bamboo, evergreen or dry evergreen forests, savannas on limestone hill, 5–400 m alt.

Vernacular : Sang (ซาง), ma sang (มะซาง)(Central); ma khet (มะเค็ด)(Nakhon Sawan).

Uses: Ripe fruits edible.