Reinwardtiodendron humile

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Reinwardtiodendron humile
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Meliaceae
Genus: Reinwardtiodendron
Species:
R. humile
Binomial name
Reinwardtiodendron humile
(Hassk.) D.J. Mabberley
Synonyms

Reinwardtiodendron dubium(Merr.) X.M. Chen
Lansium humile Hassk.
Lansium dubiumMerrill
Aphanamixis humilis(Hassk.) Kosterm.
Aglaia dubia(Merrill) Kosterm.

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Reinwardtiodendron humile [1] is a small tree species in the family Meliaceae. There are no subspecies listed in the Catalogue of Life. [2]

Description

They are shrubs to trees, typically 3-6 (to 27) m in height. Branches are greyish-white to brownish grey. Leaves: 120–200 mm; with petiole and rachis adaxially flat, abaxially rounded; leaflets generally in number of 3 or 5, sub-opposite or opposites; petioles 3–5 mm; thin elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, 60-100 × 25–40 mm, coriaceous, both surfaces glabrous and glossy. The female flowers are sessile, globose, 2–3 mm in diameter, axillary in the apical part of the branches, in spikes; rachis thin, finely grooved, with scattered flowers. The fruit is a berry of 17-20 × 12–13 mm, pubescent brown outside, with 1 or 2 seeds: from February–March. [3]

Distribution

It is found in thickets of the mountainous regions of: Hainan, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. [4]

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References

  1. DJ Mabberley (1982) In: Malaysian Forester, 45(3): 452
  2. Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2014). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 26 May 2014.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  3. Reinwardtiodendron humile in Flora of China
  4. Flora of China Editorial Committee. 1988-2013. Flora of China (Checklist & Addendum). In C. Y. Wu, P. H. Raven & D. Y. Hong (eds.) Fl. China. Science Press & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing & St. Louis.