Huberantha cerasoides (Roxb.) Chaowasku, comb. nov. Syn. Uvaria cerasoides Roxb. as per Huberantha, a replacement name for Hubera (Annonaceae: Malmeoideae: Miliuseae) Hubera cerasoides (Roxb.) Chaowasku in Chaowasku et al., Phytotaxa 69: 47. 2012 (Syn: Uvaria cerasoides Roxb.(Basionym), Guatteria bifaria A. DC., Guatteria cerasoides (Roxb.) Dunal, Unona cerasoides (Roxb.) Baill., Polyalthia cerasoides (Roxb.) Bedd., Polyalthia bifaria (A. DC.) Hook. f. & Thomson) as per A conspectus of Indo-Burmese Annonaceae by I. M. Turner (2015));
Polyalthia cerasoides (Roxb.) Bedd., Fl. Sylv. S. India t. 1 1869. (syn. Guatteria bifaria A.DC.; Guatteria cerasoides Dunal; Polyalthia bifaria (A.DC.) Hook.f. & Thomson; Polyalthia crassipetala Merr.; Unona cerasoides Baill. (Unresolved); Uvaria cerasoides Roxb.) as per The Plant List Ver.1.1;
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Medium sized evergreen trees, to 15 m; bark black or pale grey, smooth; branches horizontal, young branches minutely tomentose, old glabrous. Leaves simple, alternate, distichous, estipulate; petiole 3-5 mm, slender, tomentose, grooved above; lamina 4-20 x 2-4 cm, oblong-lanceolate or ovate; base obtuse or acute; apex acute or acuminate; margin entire, coriaceous, glabrous above and pubescent beneath; lateral veins 4-12 pairs, ascending, slender, pinnate, slightly raised beneath, intercostae reticulate, obscure. Flowers bisexual, green, axillary or extra axillary, solitary or 2-3 fascicled, 8-13 mm across; sepals 3, free, ovate, 5-8 x 3-4 mm, appressed hairy outside, glabrous inside, petals 6 (3+3), 6-8 x 4 mm, puberulous, outer ones oblong or ovate, inner ones linear or lanceolate, vaulted, slightly inflexed, dull green; torus convex; stamens numerous, cuneate, anther thecae extrorse, cells remote, connectives almost flat at top, concealing the anthers; carpels many, oblong-linear, stalked, 1.5-2 mm long, dark red, covered with stiff hairs, ovule 1, basal, ascending; stigma clavate, slightly curved. Fruit an aggregate of berries, red, fruitlets 15-18 mm long, ellipsoid to broadly ovoid, puberulent; seed 1, globose. Flowering and fruiting: January-March
Moist deciduous forests
India to South East Asia
Magnoliaceae, Dilleniaceae Annonaceae fortnight March 1-14 SN 3 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3).
Polyalthia cerasoides (Roxb.) Bedd, Fam Annonaceae
small tree, wild, Near javalagiri, Krishnagiri Dt, Tamilnadu
Thanks for showing this new plant Annonaceae of central WG (Goa, Karnataka) – 7. Polyalthia cerasoides : Attachments (3). 3 posts by 3 authors.
Another beauty from WG. Nice one…
Polyalthia cerasoides (Roxb.) Bedd. SN Mar 31 : Attachments (2). 1 post by 1 author.
Polyalthia cerasoides (Roxb.) Bedd, Annonaceae, fruiting twig from Eastern ghats of Andhrapradesh.
Ex-situ Silviculture : Miliusa velutina (Dunal) Hook. f. et Thorns. : 10 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (5). Please read the title as “Miliusa velutina Hook. f. & Thoms.”
Nice pictures …! In that case I have two options, …, 1) either they have put up a wrong nameplate or 2) I have mixed it up! I agree with …, it is possible that here was a second tree that I missed.
Polyalthia cerasoides Thanks for the ID.
References:
Huberantha, a replacement name for Hubera (Annonaceae: Malmeoideae: Miliuseae)- Tanawat Chaowasku, David M. Johnson, Raymond W. J. M. van der Ham & Lars W. Chatrou- KEW BULLETIN (2015) 70: 23 A conspectus of Indo-Burmese Annonaceae by I. M. Turner (2015)); |