Dracontomelon duperreanum Pierre

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Anacardiaceae > Dracontomelon

Characteristics

Trees, more than 20 m tall; branchlets minutely gray tomentose. Petiole and rachis ribbed, sparsely pubescent; leaf blade 30-45 cm, imparipinnately compound with 11-15 alternate leaflets; leaflet petiolule 2-5 mm; leaflet blade subcoriaceous, oblong, increasing in size from bottom to top, 5-14.5 × 2.5-4.5 cm, base broadly cuneate or rounded, margin entire, apex acuminate, minutely pubescent along midrib on both surfaces, abaxially with white tufts of hair in vein axils, lateral veins 7-9 pairs, reticulate venation prominent on both surfaces. Inflorescence paniculate, axillary or terminal, 10-23 cm, minutely gray pubescent. Pedicel 2-3 mm, minutely pubescent. Sepals ovate to elliptic-ovate, 3.5-4 × ca. 2 mm, obtuse, with minute grayish yellow pubescence on both surfaces. Petals white, lanceolate or narrowly oblong, ca. 6 × 1.7 mm, glabrous, recurved at anthesis, with 3-5 dark brown veins. Stamens 10; filaments ca. 3.5 mm; anthers ca. 1.5 mm. Disk lobed, undulate. Ovary glabrous, 2.5-3 mm; style ca. 2 mm. Drupe ca. 2 cm, ca. 2.5 cm in diam., yellow at maturity; endocarp compressed, 1.7-1.9 cm in diam., 5-locular or 3-or 4-locular by abortion. Fl. Apr-May, fr. Jun-Nov.
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A large tree. It has strong buttresses near the base. It grows 10-20 m high. The crown is dense and round. The bark is fairly smooth. The young branches are softly hairy. The leaves are large. They are 30-45 cm long. The leaves have 7-15 pairs of leaflets. These are 6-12 cm long by 3-4 cm wide. The flowers are white and in short panicles. The fruit is fleshy. It is yellow and has 5 cells. The stones are unequal and flattened.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 20.0
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Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in seasonal rain forest between 120-600 m altitude. In XTBG Yunnan.
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Dense, deciduous forests. Lowland forests; at elevations from 100-400 metres.
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

Usage

The ripe fruit are eaten raw. They are also preserved in sugar.
Uses food medicinal wood
Edible fruits
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Images

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Distribution

Dracontomelon duperreanum world distribution map, present in China, Cambodia, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:69528-1
WFO ID wfo-0000656362
COL ID 37KSW
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Synonyms

Dracontomelon duperreanum Dracontomelon sinense