Macaranga gigantea

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Macaranga gigantea
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Merkubung, Macaranga gigantea
from Seruyan Regency, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Macaranga
Species:
M. gigantea
Binomial name
Macaranga gigantea
Synonyms [2]
  • Mappa giganteaReichb.f. & Zoll. [3] (basionym)
  • Mappa macrophylla Kurz ex Teijsm. & Binn. (nom.illeg.)
  • Mappa megalophyllaMüll.Arg.
  • Mappa rugosaMull.Arg.
  • Macaranga incisa Gage
  • Macaranga megalophylla(Müll.Arg) Müll.Arg.
  • Macaranga rugosa(Müll.Arg.) Müll.Arg.
  • Rottlera gigantea(Rchb.f. & Zoll.) Rchb.f. & Zoll. ex Kurz
  • Tanarius giganteus(Rchb.f. & Zoll.) Kuntze
  • Tanarius megallophyllus(Müll.Arg.) Kuntze
  • Tanarius rugosus(Müll.Arg.) Kuntze

Macaranga gigantea Common name Chia Kubet, (synonym Macaranga megalophylla) is a pioneer tree species in the spurge family Euphorbiaceae [4] from western Indo-China and Malesia from southern Myanmar south to Sumatra and east to Sulawesi. [5] It is a small tree growing to 15 metres tall, rarely to 25 metres. [6] The leaves are peltate, tricuspidate and are typically up to 60 centimetres (24 in) long and wide on a petiole of comparable length. [6]

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References

  1. Candolle, A. de . 1866. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis ... pars 15(2): 995. Parisii :Victoris Masson &f.
  2. "Macaranga gigantea (Reichb.f. & Zoll.) Mull.Arg., in DC., Prodr". Asian Plant. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
  3. Zollinger, H. 1858. "Nachtrag zu dem Aufsatze über Rottlera und verwandte Euphorbiaceen". Linnaea : Ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange. 29: 465, 1858. Berlin :F. Dümmler,1826-1882.
  4. Ishida, Atsushi; Yazaki, Kenich; Hoe, Ang Lai (2005). "Ontogenetic transition of leaf physiology and anatomy from seedlings to mature trees of a rain forest pioneer tree, Macaranga gigantea". Tree Physiology. 25 (5): 513–22. doi:10.1093/treephys/25.5.513. PMID   15741149.
  5. "Macaranga gigantea (Rchb.f. & Zoll.) Müll.Arg". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 2025-06-23.
  6. 1 2 "Macaranga gigantea". Singapore National Parks. 2025-03-26. Retrieved 2025-06-23.

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