Lophanthera lactescens (Cultivated- Malaysia)

Lophanthera lactescens Ducke, Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 4: 103 1925.;

Golden chain tree;

N-Brazil (Para, Acre) as per Catalogue of Life;

Beautiful flowering tree for id : 7 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (4)

Can you id this beautiful tree which if shot in Malaysia. The strong yellow flowers were very attractive. I heard it is an exotic to Malaysia.

It may be a Terminalia sp.

Looks like Lophanthera lactescens (Malpighiaceae) to me.

Thanks, …,

Links for Lophanthera lactescens:

http://cms.jcu.edu.au/discovernature/plantcairns/JCUDEV_006351 (some details with a picture), http://tropicalhorticulture.blogspot.com/2008/04/golden-chain-lophanthera-lactescens.html (details), http://www.flickr.com/photos/8108294@N05/2341220081/ (picture).

Thanks for the links. Interesting that this tree, despite it’s South American origin, is apparently more popular in Malaysia and Australia than in the American tropics.

Thanks …, for the id. …, thanks for the links. Infact I took the photo in Forest Research Insititute of Malaysia, Kepong which Dr. Francis Ng has mentioned in his blog (http://tropicalhorticulture.blogspot.com/2008/04/golden-chain-lophanthera-lactescens.html).

References:

Catalogue of Life

http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/tro-19500002

http://www.tropicos.org/Name/19500002

http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=143553-2

http://tropicalhorticulture.blogspot.com/2008/04/golden-chain-lophanthera-lactescens.html

http://cms.jcu.edu.au/discovernature/plantcairns/JCUDEV_006351

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8108294@N05/2341220081/