Madhuca cuprea

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• Notes

Description

Genus Madhuca

Trees , producing latex. Leaves spirally arranged , often closely clustered at end of branchlets ; stipules small to very large, usually early deciduous; leaf blade leathery to almost leathery. Flowers solitary or clustered in axils, sometimes terminal , usually with a long pedicel. Sepals 4(--6) in 2 whorls, inner sepals often with margins membranous and ciliate , outer sepals usually hirsute . Corolla cylindrical, with hairs at throat ; lobes (5--) 8(--18), usually woolly pubescent between stamens, appendages absent. Stamens in 1 to 3 whorls, inserted in corolla throat and alternating with lobes, glabrous or tomentose , sessile or subsessile ; staminodes absent. Ovary usually pubescent, 6--8(--12) -locular. Style subulate , persistent . Berry globose to ellipsoid , with enlarged persistent brown calyx, 1--4-seeded. Seed scar linear to oblong or elliptic .

About 100 species: Australia, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam; two species in China.[1]

Habitat

Ecology: Rainforest.[2]

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Bassia cuprea King & Gamble

Notes

Publishing author : King & Gamble Publication : J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt . 2, Nat. Hist. 74: 186 (1905) 1905 Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Govaerts R., 11-Nov-2003

Similar Species

Members of the genus Madhuca

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 127 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

M. alpina · M. aristulata · M. aspera · M. barbata · M. bejaudii · M. betis · M. boerlageana · M. borneensis · M. bourdillonii · M. brochidodroma · M. burckiana · M. butyracea · M. butyrospermoides · M. calcicola · M. caloneura · M. chai-ananii · M. cheongiana · M. chia-ananii · M. chiangmaiensis · M. clavata · M. cochinchinensis · M. coriacea · M. costulata · M. crassipes · M. cuneata · M. cuprea · M. curtisii · M. daemonica · M. decipiens · M. diplostemon · M. dongnaiensis · M. dubardii · M. elliptica · M. elmeri · M. elongata · M. endertii · M. engkikiana · M. engleri · M. erythrophylla · M. esculenta · M. firma · M. floribunda · M. fulva · M. fusca · M. glabrescens · M. hainanensis · M. hamiltonia · M. heynei · M. hirtiflora · M. inaignis · M. indica · M. insignis · M. kingiana · M. klackenbergii · M. kompongsonensis · M. korthalsii · M. krabiensis · M. kuchingensis · M. kunstleri · M. lanceolata · M. lancifolia · M. lanuginosa · M. latifolia · M. laurifolia · M. lecomtei · M. leucodermis · M. ligulata · M. lobbii · M. lohbii · M. longifolia (Indian Illipe Butter (Product)) · M. longifolia var. latifolia · M. longifolia var. longifolia (Edible-Flowered Madhuca) · M. longistyla · M. macrophylla · M. magnifolia · M. malaccensis · M. markleeana · M. microphylla · M. mindanaensis · M. mirandae · M. montana · M. monticola · M. moonii · M. motleyana · M. multiflora · M. multinervia · M. neriifolia · M. oblongifolia · M. obovatifolia · M. obtusifolia · M. ochracea · M. orientalis · M. ovata · M. pachyphylla · M. palembanica · M. pallida · M. pasquieri · M. penangiana · M. penicillata · M. peninsula

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Further Reading

• Chua, L. et al. 1997. Completed data collection forms for endemic trees of Peninsular Malaysia.
• Li Shu-gang (as Lee Shu-kang). 1987. Sapotaceae. Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 60(1): 47-83.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Chua, L.S.L. 1998. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
• Chua, L.S.L. 1998. Madhuca cuprea. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
• The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.
• World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesFeb 2, 2006.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 7141964
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-117197
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:787463-1
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 787463-1
• IUCN ID: 31786
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1020335

Footnotes

1. "Madhuca". in Flora of China Vol. 15 Page 205. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
2. Chua, L.S.L. 1998. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]

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