Payena

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Payena
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Payena leerii [1]
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Sapotaceae
Subfamily: Sapotoideae
Genus: Payena
A.DC.
Synonyms [2]
  • CeratophorusHassk. 1855 illegitimate homonym not Sond. 1850 (Euphorbiaceae) nor Miq. 1859 (Sapotaceae)
  • KeratephorusHassk.
  • HapalocerasHassk.

Payena is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1844. [3] [4]

Payena is native to Southeast Asia. [2] [5]

Species [2]
  1. Payena acuminata (Blume) Pierre - S Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Sumatra
  2. Payena annamensis Lecomte - Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Sumatra
  3. Payena dantung H.J.Lam - Sumatra
  4. Payena dasyphylla (Miq.) Pierre - Sumatra, Malaysia
  5. Payena endertii H.J.Lam - Sumatra
  6. Payena ferruginea J.T.Pereira - Borneo
  7. Payena gigas A.Bruggen - Sabah
  8. Payena grandistipula J.T.Pereira - Sarawak
  9. Payena kapitensis J.T.Pereira - Sarawak
  10. Payena khoonmengiana J.T.Pereira - Sabah
  11. Payena kinabaluensis J.T.Pereira - Sabah
  12. Payena lamii A.Bruggen - Sarawak
  13. Payena leerii (Teijsm. & Binn.) Kurz. - Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Philippines
  14. Payena longipedicellata Brace ex King & Gamble - Perak, Borneo
  15. Payena lucida A.DC. - Andaman, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra
  16. Payena maingayi C.B.Clarke - Thailand, Malaysia
  17. Payena microphylla (de Vriese) Burck - Borneo
  18. Payena obscura Burck - Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra
  19. Payena pseudoterminalis H.J.Lam - Sumatra
  20. Payena selangorica King & Gamble - Malaysia

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Payena acuminata is a tree in the family Sapotaceae. It grows up to 30 metres (100 ft) tall with a trunk diameter of up to 75 centimetres (30 in). The bark is brown. Inflorescences bear up to 20 flowers. The fruits are ellipsoid, up to 4 cm (2 in) long. The specific epithet acuminata is from the Latin meaning "tapering to a narrow point", referring to the leaf apex. The timber is used commercially and the tree is also a source of gutta-percha. Habitat is mixed dipterocarp forests from sea-level to 400 metres (1,300 ft) altitude. P. acuminata is found widely in Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia.

Payena gigas is a tree in the family Sapotaceae.

Payena lamii is a tree in the family Sapotaceae. It grows up to 15 metres (50 ft) tall with a trunk diameter of up to 20 centimetres (10 in). Inflorescences bear up to 10 flowers. The fruits are ellipsoid, up to 3 cm (1 in) long. The tree is named for the Dutch botanist Herman Johannes Lam. Its habitat is swamp and kerangas forests from sea level to 250 metres (800 ft) altitude. P. lamii is endemic to Borneo and known only from Sarawak.

<i>Payena leerii</i> Species of tree

Payena leerii is a tree in the family Sapotaceae. It grows up to 30 metres (100 ft) tall with a trunk diameter of up to 60 centimetres (20 in). The bark is greyish brown. Inflorescences bear up to eight flowers. The fruits are conical, up to 4 cm (2 in) long. The tree is a source of high-quality gutta-percha. Habitat is coastal lowland forests from sea-level to 650 metres (2,100 ft) altitude. P. leerii is found widely in Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo and the Philippines.

Payena longipedicellata is a tree in the family Sapotaceae. It grows up to 30 metres (100 ft) tall with a trunk diameter of up to 60 centimetres (20 in). The bark is black. Inflorescences bear up to three flowers. The fruits are ovoid, up to 3 cm (1 in) long. The specific epithet longipedicellata is from the Latin meaning "long pedicel", referring to the flower. Habitat is lowland mixed dipterocarp forests. P. longipedicellata is found in Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo.

Payena microphylla is a tree in the family Sapotaceae. It grows up to 45 metres (150 ft) tall with a trunk diameter of up to 160 centimetres (60 in). The bark is black to reddish brown. Inflorescences bear up to 15 flowers. The fruits are ovoid to ellipsoid, up to 4 cm (2 in) long. The specific epithet microphylla is from the Greek meaning "small-leaved". Habitat is lowland mixed dipterocarp to montane forest, from sea level to 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) altitude. P. microphylla is endemic to Borneo.

References

  1. 1897 illustration from Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen
  2. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Candolle, Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyramus de. 1844. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 8: 196-197 in Latin
  4. Tropicos, Payena A. DC.
  5. Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Pennington, D. (2001 publ. 2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Sapotaceae: 1-364. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.