{"id":1492036,"date":"2023-05-20T14:42:12","date_gmt":"2023-05-20T09:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/?p=1492036"},"modified":"2024-12-23T16:09:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T10:39:04","slug":"pittosporum-moluccanum","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/pittosporum-moluccanum\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittosporum moluccanum (Indonesia)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pittosporum moluccanum<\/i> (Lam.) Miq., Ill. Fl. Archip. Ind.: 76 (1870)<\/em> (syn: Anasser moluccana<\/em>\u00a0Lam.<\/a>; Anasser rumphii<\/em>\u00a0Span.<\/a> ; Pittosporum euphlebium<\/em>\u00a0Merr.<\/a> ; Pittosporum ferrugineum<\/em>\u00a0var.\u00a0moluccanum<\/em>\u00a0(Lam.) Boerl.<\/a> ;\u00a0Pittosporum fissicalyx<\/em>\u00a0Miq.<\/a> ; Pittosporum glaberrimum<\/em>\u00a0Merr.<\/a> ; Pittosporum littorale<\/em>\u00a0Merr.<\/a> ; Pittosporum megacarpum<\/em>\u00a0Merr.<\/a> ; Pittosporum microcalyx<\/em>\u00a0Koord. & Valeton<\/a> ; Pittosporum monticola<\/em>\u00a0Miq.<\/a> ; Pittosporum obscurinerve<\/em>\u00a0Merr.<\/a> ; Pittosporum odoratum<\/em>\u00a0Merr.<\/a> ; Pittosporum pulgarense<\/em>\u00a0Elmer<\/a> ; Pittosporum rumphii<\/em>\u00a0Putt.<\/a> ; Pittosporum subverticillatum<\/em>\u00a0Elmer<\/a> ; Pittosporum timorerse<\/em>\u00a0Blume<\/a> ; Pittosporum timorerse<\/em>\u00a0var.\u00a0teysmannianum<\/em>\u00a0Boerl.<\/a> ; Pittosporum zollingerianum<\/em>\u00a0Binn. ex Koord. & Valeton<\/a> ; Pittosporum zollingerianum<\/em>\u00a0var.\u00a0argentea<\/em>\u00a0Boerl.<\/a> ; Pittosporum zollingerianum<\/em>\u00a0var.\u00a0tenuinervis<\/em>\u00a0Boerl.<\/a> ; Coffea angustifolia<\/em>\u00a0Roxb.<\/a> ; Coffea arabica<\/em>\u00a0var.\u00a0angustifolia<\/em>\u00a0(Roxb.) Miq. ex A.Froehner<\/a> );
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\nMalesia: Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi<\/span> as per POWO<\/a>;
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\nRequest ID. Apocynaceae ?<\/a>: 5 high res. images
\nObservation<\/span>: 10\/02\/23. Riung District, Flores, Indonesia.<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/span>Description<\/span>: It is a small tree that can reach a height of 3m (from my observations).<\/span> Presence of white latex. Whorled phyllotaxis. Orange berry like fruit. From non-direct information, he would have small white flower.<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/span>But in Apocynaceae<\/em> familly there is no berry like fruit species right ? Except this character, all those informations lead me to an Apocynaceae.<\/em>
\n<\/span><\/span>Habitus<\/span>: Very common in all dry tropical forest with sea influenced climate. Up to an altitude of 400m.<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/span>Use<\/span>: The plant would be used to facilitate the childbirth (and abort)<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/span>First ID<\/span>: Ochrosia<\/em> sp. ?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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We have berries in Apocynaceae<\/em> ex: Rauwolfia, Carissa…<\/em><\/p>\n

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FOC describes the fruit of\u00a0Rauwolfia\u00a0<\/i>as a drupe<\/p>\n

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The inside of the fruit appear like
\nhttps:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/2011\/02\/13\/carica-papaya\/<\/a><\/p>\n

So it can be from a Caricaceae related family:
\nhttps:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brassicales<\/a>
\nI could not go any further.<\/p>\n
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References:
\nPOWO<\/a>\u00a0 Catalogue of Life<\/a><\/div>\n
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Pittosporum moluccanum (Lam.) Miq., Ill. Fl. Archip. Ind.: 76 (1870) (syn: Anasser moluccana\u00a0Lam.; Anasser rumphii\u00a0Span. ; Pittosporum euphlebium\u00a0Merr. ; Pittosporum ferrugineum\u00a0var.\u00a0moluccanum\u00a0(Lam.) Boerl. ;\u00a0Pittosporum fissicalyx\u00a0Miq. ; Pittosporum glaberrimum\u00a0Merr. ; Pittosporum littorale\u00a0Merr. ; Pittosporum megacarpum\u00a0Merr. ; Pittosporum microcalyx\u00a0Koord. & Valeton ; Pittosporum monticola\u00a0Miq. ; Pittosporum obscurinerve\u00a0Merr. ; Pittosporum odoratum\u00a0Merr. ; Pittosporum pulgarense\u00a0Elmer…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[5218],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1492036","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-pittosporum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1492036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1492036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1492036\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1492036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1492036"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1492036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}