Bhesa archboldiana (Merr. & L.M.Perry) Ding Hou

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Centroplacaceae > Bhesa

Characteristics

Tree up to 30 m by 50 cm ø. Buttresses up to 3 m. Bark pale brown, hard, fissured. Branchlets light brown. Stipules lanceolate, 4-11 mm. Leaves elliptic to elliptic-oblong, sometimes ovate-oblong, 8-16 by 3.5-8 cm; base rounded or acute; apex acute to short-acuminate; nerves 9-11 pairs; petiole 1-4.5 cm. Racemes 1(-2) in a leaf-axil; peduncle very short. Pedicels 3-8 mm. Flowers greenish pink, usually 2 or 3 in a cluster. Calyx lobes obovate, 3 by 2 mm, obtuse. Petals elliptic-or obovate-oblong, 4.5 by 2 mm, obtuse. Stamens c. 2.25 mm long; anthers broad-ovoid, c. 1 by 2/3 mm, free for lower ⅔, introrse, slightly apiculate; filament a continuation of the disk. Disk shallow-cupular, usually glabrous. Ovary subglobose, c. 1.25 mm ø; styles 2, almost as long as the ovary, slightly united at the base. Fruits yellow, ellipsoid, with 2 vertical grooves, gradually narrowed towards both ends. Seeds ellipsoid, 18 by 9 mm, almost completely enveloped by the orange aril.
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Mature height (meter) 30.0
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Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in the Louisiade Archipelago in Papua New Guinea. (Milne Bay Province) and Western Province.
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Primary forest, from the lowland up to 530 m.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Uses food fuel material
Edible fruits
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Distribution

Bhesa archboldiana world distribution map, present in Fiji, France, India, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:159982-1
WFO ID wfo-0000565061
COL ID 8WRQQ
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Synonyms

Bhesa archboldiana