Buchanania splendens Miq.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Anacardiaceae > Buchanania

Characteristics

Tree up to 30 m. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, ovate-oblong, or oblanceolate, 8-25 by 3-8 cm, slightly hairy on both surfaces when young, glabrescent, and sometimes seemingly glabrous on older ones; base cuneate; apex acuminate, rarely short-acuminate; nerves 8-13 pairs; veins reticulate; petiole ½-3 cm. Panicles 6½-10 cm long, hairy, glabrescent; bracts ⅔ mm long, hairy outside; pedicels 1-1½ mm, articulated, articulation obscure in fruit. Flowers white. Calyx caducous, lobes triangular, c. ⅔ mm long, puberulous outside. Petals elliptic-oblong, 2-3½ by 1¼-1½ mm. Stamens 1½-2½ mm; filaments 1-1¾ mm, not contracted and whitish in apical part; anthers ½-⅔ mm, not sagittate. Disk ⅔ mm long. Carpels 1¼ mm long. Drupe sublentiform, c. 11 mm Ø.
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A small tree. It grows 20 m tall. The trunk can be 20 cm across. The bark is smooth and grey. The flowers are white. The fruit are round and 0.5 cm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 20.0
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Environment

Lowland forest up to 150 m, once on ultrabasic ridge in secondary forest. Fl. Jan.-May, Aug., Dec.; fr. March, May.
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A tropical plant. It grows in lowland rainforest.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Edible fruits
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Distribution

Buchanania splendens world distribution map, present in Indonesia, India, and Malaysia

Conservation status

Buchanania splendens threat status: Vulnerable

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:69343-1
WFO ID wfo-0000573461
COL ID 68SJ3
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Synonyms

Buchanania platyneura Buchanania splendens Buchanania fragrans Buchanania fragrans var. oblanceolata