Maranthes corymbosa

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Maranthes corymbosa

Description

Small to large tree up to 40 m, sometimes flowering when only a few metres high, trunk not buttressed or slightly enlarged at base. Leaves coriaceous, usually oblong-lanceolate to oblong-elliptic, 6.5-14 by 2.5-8 cm, acuminate at apex, the acumen 8-20(-30) mm long, cuneate at base, glabrous when mature but often sparsely caducous arachnoid-lanate when young, usually with 2 conspicuous prominent glands at junction of petiole and decurrent lower surface; Stipules intrapet-iolar, lanceolate, acute, 5-10 mm long, sparsely pilose on exterior, glabrous within, early deciduous. Inflorescences of flattened many-flowered corymbose panicles, rachis and branches sparsely pilose, glabrescent. Petals white tinged pink, glabrous, 3-6 mm long, caducous. Stamens 25-35 inserted in several rows on one side of throat, with tooth-like staminodes opposite. Ovary bilocular, densely lanate and villous. Fruit ellipsoid, 3-4 mm long, 1.5-2 cm broad, tapered towards base;

Distribution

Admiralty Islands present, Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; Jawa (Jawa present); Lesser Sunda Is. present; Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Maluku (Maluku present); New Guinea present; Philippines (Philippines present); Sulawesi (Sulawesi present); Sumatera (Sumatera present), Australasia: Queensland (Queensland present), New Britain present, S. Thailand present, Solomon and Caroline Islands present
S. Thailand extending east to Solomon and Caroline Islands and Australia (Queensland, Northern Territory); in Malesia: Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Lesser Sunda Islands, Sulawesi, Philippines, Moluccas, New Guinea, New Britain and Admiralty Islands. .

Uses

Wood used for house-building and for posts. Fruit edible.

Citation

Benth. 1858 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 1084
C.MUELL. 1857 – In: Walp., Ann. 4: 646
Hook.f. 1878 – In: Fl. Brit. India: 310
WALP. 1857 – In: Ann.: 645
BURK. 1935: Dict.: 1695
Miq. 1861: Suppl. Sumatra: 307
TEIJSM. & BINN. 1866: Cat. Hort. Bog.: 253
PRANCE & WHITM. 1973 – In: Tree Fl. Malaya: 330
Miq. 1923 – In: Enum. Philip. Fl. Pl.: 235
Miq. 1867: – Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 3: 237
C.MUELL. 1857 – In: Walp., Ann. 4: 646
VIDAL 1880: Cat. Pl. Len. Silv. Cult. Manila: 29
Miq. 1855 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 356
Miq. 1860: Suppl. Sumatra: 115
Benth. 1864 – In: Fl. Austr.: 426
Miq. 1858 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 1084
CRAIB 1931 – In: Fl. Siam. Enum.: 563
K.SCH. & LAUT. 1901: Fl. Deut. Schutzgeb. Sûdsee: 341
KANEHIRA 1933: Fl. Micrones.: 129
BOERL. 1899 – In: Icon. Bog.: 106
Miq. 1858 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 1084
King 1897 – In: J. As. Soc. Beng.: 283
Benth. 1864 – In: Fl. Austr.: 426
Benth. 1855 – In: Mélang. Bot.: 10
MIERS 1879 – In: J. Linn. Soc. Bot.: 336
K. & V. 1900 – In: Bijdr.: 334
BACKER & BAKH.f. 1964 – In: Fl. Java: 522
KORTH. 1855 – In: Ned. Kruidk. Arch.: 281
FOXW. 1907 – In: Philip. J. Sc.: Bot. 386
Corner 1940: Wayside Trees: 527
RIDLEY 1922 – In: Fl. Mal. Pen.: 670
Blume 1852 – In: Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat.: 98
BRANDIS 1906: Indian Trees: 278
K.SCH. & LAUT. 1901: Fl. Deut. Schutzgeb. Sudsee: 341
BAILEY 1900 – In: Queensl. Fl.: 524
Benth. 1855 – In: Mélang. Bot.: 10
Blume 1855 – In: Mélang. Bot.: 10
CRAIB 1931 – In: Fl. Siam. Enum.: 563
KOSTERM. 1965 – In: Candollea: 107
WALP. – In: Ann.: 463
Blume 1852 – In: Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat.: 98
King 1897 – In: J. As. Soc. Beng.: 283
VIDAL 1883: Sinopsis Atlas: 25
PERK. 1904: Fragm. Fl. Philip.: 118
MAINGAY 1890: Kew Bull.: 122
CRAIB 1931 – In: Fl. Siam. Enum.: 563
Benth. 1858 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 1084
Benth. 1930: Disp.: 400
BACKER 1911: Schoolfl. Java: 446
VIDAL 1883: Sinopsis Atlas: 25
Benth. 1930: Disp.: 400
Miq. 1921: Enum. Born.: 290
MIERS 1879: p. 336. – In: J. Linn. Soc. Bot.: sub Exiteles.
FOXW. 1907 – In: Philip. J. Sc.: Bot. 386
BACKER 1911: Schoolfl. Java: 446
WALP. – In: Ann.: 463
Hook.f. 1878 – In: Fl. Brit. India: 310
PERK. 1904: Fragm. Fl. Philip.: 118
Merr. 1915 – In: Philip. J. Sc.: Bot. 309
BRANDIS 1906: Indian Trees: 278
BAILEY 1900 – In: Queensl. Fl.: 524
MAINGAY 1890: Kew Bull.: 122
Miq. 1855 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 356
WALP. 1853 – In: Ann.: 854
K. & V. 1900 – In: Bijdr.: 334
RIDLEY 1922 – In: Fl. Mal. Pen.: 670
MIERS 1879 – In: J. Linn. Soc. Bot.: 336
Miq. 1918: Spec. Blanc.: 162
KANEHIRA 1934 – In: J. Dept. Agr. Kyushu Imp. Univ. Fukuoka: 325