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8. Mitrephora tomentosa Hook.f. & Thomsonwfo-0001038588

Fl. Ind. 113. 1855; Fl. Brit. India 1: 76. 1872; Mitra, Fl. Ind. 244. 1993; Chalermglin, Fam. Annon. 234. 2001; Weeras. & R.M.K.Saunders, Syst. Bot. Monogr. 90: 120. 2010; P.T.Li et al. in C.Y.Wu et al., Fl. China 19: 688. 2011; S.Gardner et al., Forest Trees S. Thailand 1: 128. 2015; I.M.Turner, Gard. Bull. Singapore 70: 588. 2018.— Kinginda tomentosa (Hook.f. & Thomson) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 7. 1891. Plate XXIII: E.


Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.



Synonyms & Citations :

Mitrephora vandaeflora Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 57: 181. 1874; Craib, Fl. Siam. 1: 53. 1925; S.Gardner et al., Field Guide Forest Trees N. Thailand, 37. 2000.
Mitrephora thorelii Pierre, Fl. Forest. Cochinch. 1(3): t. 37. 1881; Craib, Fl. Siam. 1: 53. 1925; Ast in Humbert, Fl. Indo-Chine Suppl. 1: 101. 1938; Bân, Thuc vât chí Viêt Nam 1: 268. 2000.— Kinginda thorelii (Pierre) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 7. 1891.
Mitrephora edwardsii Pierre, Fl. Forest. Cochinch. 1(3): t. 35. 1881; Craib, Fl. Siam. 1: 52. 1925.
Mitrephora bousigoniana Pierre, Fl. Forest. Cochinch. 1(3): t. 36. 1881.— Mitrephora thorelii var. bousigoniana (Pierre) Finet & Gagnep., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 53, Mém. 4: 126. 1906, in Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 1: 92. 1907; Hô, Câyco Viêtnam 1: 347. 1991; Bân, Thuc vât chí Viêt Nam 1: 271. 2000.
Mitrephora thorelii var. microphylla Finet & Gagnep. in Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 1: 92. 1907; Hô, Câyco Viêtnam 1: 347. 1991; Bân, Thuc vât chí Viêt Nam 1: 272. 2000.
Mitrephora collinsae Craib, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1922: 168. 1922; Fl. Siam. 1: 52. 1925.


Description : Tree to ca 20 m tall. Young branches densely pubescent. Leaves coriaceous, ovate, lanceolate or rarely oblong, 6.5–21.5 by 3–10 cm, base rounded or slightly cordate, apex acute to short-acuminate, glossy above, densely pubescent below, secondary veins (8–)14–20 pairs, without domatia; petioles 4–12.5 mm long. Inflorescence with rachides simple, the rachis internodes remaining short, < 3-flowered, densely pubescent, pedicels 11–23 mm long. Sepals broadly ovate, 5–9 by 5–9 mm, densely pubescent abaxially. Outer petals yellow, lanceolate to oblanceolate, 16–19(–34) by 7.5–18 mm, margin undulate with age, densely pubescent abaxially. Inner petals cream-yellow with purple streaks apically, 8.5–16.5 by 7–12.5 mm, densely pubescent towards apex abaxially, pilose towards apex adaxially. Stamens 1–1.3 mm long. Carpels 12–17, 1.5–1.7 mm long; ovules 10–12. Fruit of 9–15 monocarps borne on a pedicel 15–34 mm long, densely pubescent. Monocarps pale yellow to orange-yellow or orange-brown when mature, globose, 1.2–2.3 by 0.85–2 cm, smooth, without longitudinal ridge, glaucous, densely pubescent, stipe 16.5–29(–39) mm long, glaucous, densely pubescent. Seeds 4–10, ca 12 by 8 mm.


Thailand : NORTHERN: Chiang Mai; NORTH-EASTERN: Nong Bua Lam Phu; SOUTH-WESTERN: Uthai Thani, Phetchaburi (Khao Cholai – type of Mitrephora edwardsii Pierre: Pierre 1686, lectotype -P); SOUTH-EASTERN: Chachoengsao, Chon Buri (Si Racha – type of M. collinsae Craib: Collins 507, lectotype -K, isotypes -ABD [2 sheets]).


Distribution : India (type), China, Cambodia, Vietnam.


Ecology : Evergreen forests, 50–1,200 m alt. Flowering: January–April; fruiting: May–September.


Vernacular : Ma puan (มะป่วน)(Northeastern); lamduan dong (ลำดวนดง)(Chanthaburi).


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Plate 23: E
Mitrephora tomentosa Hook.f. & Thomson