Prunus rubiginosa

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Prunus rubiginosa

Description

Trees up to c. 17 m, bark dark brown, smooth (few reports only). Stipules 3-6 by 1-1.8 mm, free, hairy, with marginal glands. Stamens 60-75, filaments c. 3.5 mm, glabrous, anthers 0.3-0.5 mm long. Ovary more or less hairy, style c. 5 mm long. Fruits compressed subglobular to obscurely transversely ellipsoid, 16-17 by 16-20 mm, exocarp almost glabrous, red turning purple, mesocarp leathery-fleshy, endocarp glabrous inside. Seed with glairous testa.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Philippines (Philippines present), Luzon present, Mindanao present, Mindoro present, Sibuyan present
Philippines, known from Luzon, Mindoro, Sibuyan, and Mindanao, but in each island only from 1 or 2 collections.

Notes

Young fruits seem to be ellipsoid.

Citation

Merr. 1923 – In: Enum. Philipp. Fl. Pl.: 234
Merr. 1923 – In: Enum. Philipp. Fl. Pl.: 232