Brassaiopsis glomerulata (Blume) Regel, Gartenflora 1863: 275 1863. (syn: Acanthopanax esquirolii H.Lév.; Aralia glomerulata Blume; Brassaiopsis acuminata H.L.Li; Brassaiopsis coriacea W.W.Sm.; Brassaiopsis cyrtostyla (Miq.) Seem.; Brassaiopsis floribunda Decne. & Planch.; Brassaiopsis floribunda (K.Koch) Seem.; Brassaiopsis glomerulata var. angustifolia Y.R.Li; Brassaiopsis glomerulata var. brevipedicellata H.L.Li; Brassaiopsis glomerulata var. coriacea (W.W.Sm.) H.L.Li; Brassaiopsis glomerulata var. longipedicellata H.L.Li; Brassaiopsis liana Y.F.Deng; Brassaiopsis speciosa Decne. & Planch.; Gastonia candollei Van Houtte ex Bosse; Gastonia dentata Linden ex Seem.; Gastonia longifolia Seem.; Hedera floribunda Wall. ex G.Don; Hedera glomerulata (Blume) DC.; Hedera wallichiana Steud.; Macropanax cyrtostylus Miq.; Macropanax glomerulatus (Blume) Miq.; Panax digitatus Roxb.; Paratropia floribunda K.Koch; Schefflera thorelii R.Vig.);
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India to S. China and W. Jawa: Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam as per POWO;
Trees, up to 20 m tall; branches prickly, ferruginous red tomentose when young. Leaves compound, digitately 5-7-foliate; stipules ca. 0.5 x 0.3 cm, ovate-orbicular; petiolules ca. 1.5-6 cm long; petioles ca. 15-25 cm long, sheathing at base; sheaths lenticellate; lamina ca. 12-16 x 5-8 cm, elliptic-oblong to ovate-lanceolate, cuneate or acute at base, obtusely acuminate at apex, margins obscurely serrate, coriaceous; secondary nerves 7-9 pairs. Flowers white, stellate tomentose, ca. 0.6 cm across in 20-30 cm long panicles; umbels racemose; peduncles ca. 1.5-6 cm long, ferruginous; bracts oblong, 0.3-1 x 0.2-0.4 cm, acuminate; pedicels ca. 1.2-2.5 cm long; bracteoles ovate-lanceolate, ca. 0.6 x 0.3 cm; calyx-tube campanulate; petals valvate. Fruits ca. 6 cm across, heal globose, ca. 0.6-1 cm in diam. Seeds 1-2.
Common in primary forests, moist and shaded places; 400-600 m.
India: Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Bangladesh, China, Malaysia
(Attributions: French Institute of Pondicherry as per India Biodiversity Portal)
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MS Nov., 2019/19 Brassaiopsis sp. for ID : 6 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (4)
Location : Mawmrang tlang, Mizoram
Macropanax dispermus (Blume) Kuntze or Macropanax undulatus (Wall. ex G.Don) Seem. ??
I think more closer to Macropanax undulatus (Wallich ex G. Don) Seemann as leaves are entire as per Flora of China and keys herein as per
I think it is more closer to Brassaiopsis glomerulata as per POWO specimens- one, two and GBIF specimens and description in Flora of China and FoC illustration
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References: POWO specimens- one, two Catalogue of Life The Plant List Ver.1.1 WCSP IPNI GBIF (High resolution specimens) BSI Flora of India checklist Flora of China FOC illustration Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal India Biodiversity Portal IBIS Flora (Flora of British India) Wikipedia
