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2. Viburnum cylindricum Hamilt. ex D.Donwfo-0001290708

Prod. Fl. Nepal: 142. 1825 (Feb.); Craib, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1911: 385. 1911; Fl. Siam. 2: 1. 1932; Rehd. in Sarg., Trees & Shrubs 2: 91. 1913; Fukuoka, Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 22: 171. 1967; Q.E.Yang & Malécot, Fl. China 19: 595. 2011.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Synonyms & Citations :

Description : Evergreen tree 2–15 m tall; very young branches with stellate sparse hairs, shining with secretion, becoming glabrous afterwards. Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong to oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, 4–18 by 2–7 cm, acuminate to gradually tapering to apex, somewhat rounded to attenuate at base, margins remotely dentate or entire, lateral nerves 3–5, veins more or less impressed above, prominent beneath, shining at young stage at least, glandular on both surfaces, glabrous on upper surface except for pilose midrib, lower surface sparsely hairy. Petiole 0.8–3 cm long. Inflorescence 4–10 cm in diam., with dense stellate, pilose hairs and glands; bracts linear, rarely leafy, caducous; peduncle 1.5–5 cm long. Flowers sessile or with short pedicel up to 1 mm long. Calyx 2 mm in diam., lobes unequal, deltoid to scarcely developing. Corolla urceolate, tube 4 mm long, glandular punctate, lobes deltoid to ovate-deltoid, erect, 1 mm long. Filaments 6–7 mm long, glabrous, anthers 1.5–2 mm long, glabrous. Ovary glandular punctate, 1.5 mm long. Drupe rather dry, blackish. Stone with a longitudinal ridge on dorsal side, with three grooves on ventral side, sometimes obscure, 3.5–6 by 2–4 mm.

Thailand : NORTHERN: Mae Hong Son (Doi Khun Huai Pong), Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai; NORTH-EASTERN Loei.

Distribution : Himalayas (Nepal – type), SW China, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Sumatra, Java, eastward to Timor.

Ecology : In thicket, in clearing, at edge of or in light mixed or hill evergreen forests, or in exposed calcareous region, at 1,000–2,300 m alt.

Vernacular : Man pla (มันปลา), lak dong (ลักดง)(Loei); hom chang (ฮ่อมช้าง)(Chiang Mai).