Melodinus orientalis
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Description
Branchlets glabrous or minutely papillose-puberulent.
Leaves:
Inflorescence 1.3-3.1 cm long, several-flowered;
Sepals ovate, often somewhat fused at base, 0.7-1.3 by 0.7-1.1, 0.7-1.3 times as long as wide, apex obtuse, glabrous, ciliate.
Stamens inserted at 1.7-2.9 mm from corolla base which is c. 0.5 of tube length;
Ovary 1-1.4 mm high;
Fruit globose or subglobose, 3.3-7.4 by 3.3-7.5 cm.
Seeds 9-15 by 4-7 by 3 mm.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; Jawa (Jawa present); Lesser Sunda Is. present (Bali present); Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present, Singapore present); Philippines (Philippines present); Sulawesi (Sulawesi present); Sumatera (Sumatera present); Thailand (Thailand present)
Thailand; in Malesia: Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, Java, Philippines, Sulawesi, Lesser Sunda Islands (Bali).
Taxonomy
Melodinus coriaceus Oliv. is not a new combination based on Alyxia coriacea Wall. Therefore, a combination in Melodinus is not available for the oldest epithet in this species, Alyxia coriacea Wall.
Uses
Yields a poor quality rubber which is said to be highly poisonous. The bark yields a short fibre.
Citation
Masam. 1942: Enum. Phan. Born.: 622
Blume 1850 – In: Mus. Bot.: 155
Ridl. 1923 – In: Fl. Malay Penins.: 331
Backer & Bakh.f. 1965 – In: Fl. Java: 222
Coode et al. 1996: Checklist Pl. Brunei: 27
Hook.f. 1882 – In: Fl. Brit. India: 629
Miq. 1857 – In: Fl. Ned. Ind.: 396
Ridl. 1923 – In: Fl. Malay Penins.: 330
King & Gamble 1907 – In: J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal: 413
I.M. Turner 1997 – In: Gard. Bull. Singapore 47: 128
Leeuwenb. 2002 – In: Syst. Geogr. Pl.: 27
Markgr. 1971 – In: Blumea: 154
Miq. 1857 – In: Fl. Ned. Ind.: 395
King & Gamble 1907 – In: J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal: 414
Miq. 1857 – In: Fl. Ned. Ind.: 410
Kessler et al. 2002 – In: Blumea: 14
Merr. 1921: Bibliogr. Enum. Born. Pl.: 494
King & Gamble 1907 – In: J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal: 412
Leeuwenb. 2003 – In: Syst. Geogr. Pl.: 42
Markgr. 1971 – In: Blumea: 153
D.J. Middleton 1999 – In: Fl. Thailand: 18
Blume 2000 – In: PROSEA: 129
I.M. Turner 1997 – In: Gard. Bull. Singapore 47: 128
Fl. Ned. Ind. 1861: Eerste Bijv.: 552
Coode et al. 1996: Checklist Pl. Brunei: 27
I.M. Turner 1997 – In: Gard. Bull. Singapore 47: 128
Bakh.f. 1950 – In: Blumea: 384
Miq. 1857 – In: Fl. Ned. Ind.: 396
Ridl. 1923 – In: Fl. Malay Penins.: 331
Miq. 1857 – In: Fl. Ned. Ind.: 390
I.M. Turner 1993 – In: Gard. Bull. Singapore 45: 36
Miq. 1857 – In: Fl. Ned. Ind.: 396
Masam. 1942: Enum. Phan. Born.: 622
Markgr. 1971 – In: Blumea: 153
Markgr. 1971 – In: Blumea: 153
Bakh.f. 1950 – In: Blumea: 384
Ridl. 1923 – In: Fl. Malay Penins.: 331
Markgr. 1971 – In: Blumea: 154
Markgr. 1971 – In: Blumea: 153
Ridl. 1923 – In: Fl. Malay Penins.: 331
Markgr. 1971 – In: Blumea: 153