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| + | <big>''[[Mangifera quadrifida]]'' Jack</big> | ||
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| + | :Protologue: Roxb., Fl. Indica ed. Carey & Wallich 2: 440 (1824). | ||
| + | == Synonyms == | ||
| + | *''Mangifera spathulaefolia'' Blume (1850), | ||
| + | *''Mangifera langong'' Miq. (1862), | ||
| + | *''Mangifera rumphii'' Pierre (1897). | ||
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| + | == Vernacular names == | ||
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| + | *Indonesia: asam kumbang (Sumatra, Kalimantan), asem kipang, rawa-rawa (Kalimantan) | ||
| + | *Malaysia: rawa (general), rancha-rancha (Sabah) | ||
| + | *Thailand: mamuang-khan. | ||
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| + | == Distribution == | ||
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| + | Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java (rare) and Borneo, possibly also the Lesser Sunda Islands, Sulawesi and the Moluccas; locally cultivated around villages. | ||
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| + | == Uses == | ||
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| + | The wood is reputed to be used. The pleasantly acid fruit is eaten. | ||
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| + | == Observations == | ||
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| + | *A medium-sized tree up to 30 m tall, with often rather short and thick bole up to 150 cm in diameter, bark surface initially smooth, later regularly and superficially longitudinally fissured and becoming rough, greyish to dark brown. | ||
| + | *Leaves elliptical or oblong-spatulate to spatulate, (3-)10-20 cm × (2-)5-9(-10) cm. | ||
| + | *Inflorescence pseudo-terminal, the branches often forming a fascicle, glabrous. | ||
| + | *Flowers 4-merous, petals c. 4 mm long, creamish-white, with 3 stout, dark yellow ridges ending in a gland, disk large, cushion-like, 4-lobed, one stamen fertile, staminodes very small or lacking, filaments free. | ||
| + | *Fruit globose to ellipsoid-globose, up to 8 cm long, black when fully ripe. | ||
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| + | ''M. quadrifida'' occurs in lowland rain forest up to 700 m altitude. | ||
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| + | == Selected sources == | ||
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| + | 104, 162, 328, 463, 465, 673, 705. | ||
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| + | * <font color=#901040>See also [[Mangifera (PROSEA Fruits)|''Mangifera'' (PROSEA Fruits)]] for the Fruit use.</font> | ||
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| + | [[Category:Timbers (PROSEA)]] | ||
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Introduction |
Mangifera quadrifida Jack
- Protologue: Roxb., Fl. Indica ed. Carey & Wallich 2: 440 (1824).
Synonyms
- Mangifera spathulaefolia Blume (1850),
- Mangifera langong Miq. (1862),
- Mangifera rumphii Pierre (1897).
Vernacular names
- Indonesia: asam kumbang (Sumatra, Kalimantan), asem kipang, rawa-rawa (Kalimantan)
- Malaysia: rawa (general), rancha-rancha (Sabah)
- Thailand: mamuang-khan.
Distribution
Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java (rare) and Borneo, possibly also the Lesser Sunda Islands, Sulawesi and the Moluccas; locally cultivated around villages.
Uses
The wood is reputed to be used. The pleasantly acid fruit is eaten.
Observations
- A medium-sized tree up to 30 m tall, with often rather short and thick bole up to 150 cm in diameter, bark surface initially smooth, later regularly and superficially longitudinally fissured and becoming rough, greyish to dark brown.
- Leaves elliptical or oblong-spatulate to spatulate, (3-)10-20 cm × (2-)5-9(-10) cm.
- Inflorescence pseudo-terminal, the branches often forming a fascicle, glabrous.
- Flowers 4-merous, petals c. 4 mm long, creamish-white, with 3 stout, dark yellow ridges ending in a gland, disk large, cushion-like, 4-lobed, one stamen fertile, staminodes very small or lacking, filaments free.
- Fruit globose to ellipsoid-globose, up to 8 cm long, black when fully ripe.
M. quadrifida occurs in lowland rain forest up to 700 m altitude.
Selected sources
104, 162, 328, 463, 465, 673, 705.
- See also Mangifera (PROSEA Fruits) for the Fruit use.
