Opilia amentacea

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Opilia amentacea

Description

Liana up to 30 m or erect shrub; Leaves mostly glabrous; Ovary c. 1 mm long.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: India present; Sri Lanka (Sri Lanka present); Thailand (Thailand present), Australasia, Burma present, Solomon Is present, Tropical Africa present
Tropical Africa, and from India and Sri Lanka through Burma, Thailand, Indochina, and Malesia to the Solomon Is. and Australia. .

Ecology


The root-parasitism was studied by BARBER ().
Pea-shaped galled flowers have been observed in some specimens from the Philippines, N. Borneo, and from New Guinea.

Uses

The fleshy mesocarp of the fruit is edible, but it is only reported from different parts of Africa and N. Australia that the fruits are eaten.

Notes

Like the other members of Opiliaceae this species is extremely variable in vegetative characters. Form, size, and texture of the leaves vary considerably as well as the measurements of the fruits, but the geographical distribution of these differences is irregular. The differences in the indumentum of the young twigs are also irregularly distributed. Inflorescences and flowers are uniform.

Citation

Merr. 1912: Fl. Manila: 184
VIDAL 1883: Sin. Atlas: f. B
GAGNEP. 1911 – In: Fl. Gén. I.-C.: 804
Miq. 1856 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 784
Merr. 1906 – In: Philip. J. Sc.: Suppl. 50
BTH. 1863 – In: Fl. Austr.: 394
VALET. 1886: Crit. Overz. Olacin.: 155
KEAY 1958 – In: Fl. W. Trop. Afr., ed. 2: 651
Roxb. 1886: Rev. Pl. Vasc. Filip.: 86
THONNER 1908: Blütenpfl. Afr.: t. 36
GARCIA 1963 – In: Fl. Zambes.: 338
Miq. 1856 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 784
BRANDIS 1906: Indian Trees: 150
GAGNEP. 1911: p. 804. – In: Fl. Gén. I.-C.: f. 90
HIEPKO 1982: p. 162. – In: Willdenowia: f. 1-4
KURZ 1877 – In: For. Fl. Burma: 238
HAINES 1925 – In: Bot. Bihar Orissa: 190
LUCAS 1968: Fl. Trop. E. Afr., Opil.: 2
TRIM. 1893 – In: Fl. Ceyl.: 258
WARB. 1891 – In: Bot. Jahrb.: 300
VALET. 1886: Crit. Overz. Olacin.: 154
OLIV. 1868 – In: Fl. Trop. Afr.: 352
EWART & DAVIES 1917: Fl. N. Territ.: 90
MAST. 1875 – In: Fl. Br. India: 583
Koord. 1925: p. 579. – In: Exk. Fl. Java: f. 861
GAMBLE 1915 – In: Fl. Pres. Madras: 192
Koord. 1912 – In: Exk. Fl. Java: 170
K. SCH. & LAUT. 1900: Fl. Schutzgeb.: 301
Roxb. 1890 – In: BoERL. Handl.: 212
Roxb. 1832 – In: Fl. Ind., ed. Carey: 87
BACK. & BAKH. f. 1965 – In: Fl. Java: 66
GARCIA 1963 – In: Fl. Zambes.: 336
Merr. 1923 – In: En. Philip.: 115