Maranthes corymbosa Blume

  • Authority

    Prance, Ghillean T. 1972. Chrysobalanaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9: 1-410. (Published by NYBG Press)

  • Family

    Chrysobalanaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Maranthes corymbosa Blume

  • Type

    Type. Blume 1516, Java, fl (BO, L) .

  • Synonyms

    Exitelia corymbosa Blume ex Span., Parinarium corymbosum (Blume) Miq., Couepia panamensis Standl.

  • Description

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    Description - Large tree to 25.0 m tall, the young branches puberulous or glabrous. Leaves oblong to oblong-elliptic, 6.5-13.0 cm long, 2.0-4.5 cm broad, subcuneate at base, abruptly acuminate at apex, with acumen 11.0-20.0 mm long, glabrous on both surfaces; primary veins 7-9 pairs, prominent beneath; petioles 4.0-6.o mm long, glabrous, terete, with two conspicuous glands near lamina base. Stipules to 3.0 mm long, lanceolate, caducous. Inflorescences terminal corymbose panicles, the rachis and branches almost glabrous, with a few appressed hairs only (often puberulous in Asiatic material). Bracts and bracteoles minute, acute, caducous. Receptacle turbinate-campanulate, almost solid, 5.0-6.0 mm long, with a few appressed hairs on exterior (to tomentellous in Malesia), glabrous within except for deflexed hairs at throat; pedicels 4.0-7.o mm long. Calyx lobes rounded. Petals 5, with ciliate margins. Stamens ca 19, inserted in a semicircle. Ovary villous. Style pubescent at base only. Fruit oblong-pyriform, to 6.0 cm long, 2-celled; epicarp smooth, glabrous; mesocarp thin, fleshy; endocarp ca 5.0 mm thick, hard, woody, densely lanate within.

  • Discussion

    As the Panamanian material cited here is certainly conspecific with the Malesian material, Blume’s epithet must apply.

  • Distribution

    Forest on high ground in the Isthmus of Panama where it is probably naturalized. Abundant in Malesia from the Malay Peninsula through the Philippines, Indonesia, Tropical Australia, New Guinea and western Polynesia.

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