Dracontomelon macrocarpum H.L.Li

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Anacardiaceae > Dracontomelon

Characteristics

Trees, ca. 18 m tall; branchlets grayish brown, minutely pubescent to glabrous, with white lenticels. Petiole and rachis terete, minutely grayish yellow pubescent; leaf blade to 50 cm, imparipinnately compound with alternate leaflets; leaflet petiolule 4-6 mm, minutely gray pubescent, grooved apically; leaflet blade oblong, highly asymmetrical, 9-13 × 2.5-4 cm, coriaceous, glabrous adaxially, abaxially with tufts of hairs in axils of lateral veins, base oblique with one side acute, one rounded, margin entire, apex acuminate or acute, lateral veins 8-19 pairs, prominent on both surfaces, reticulate venation visible on both surfaces. Inflorescence and flowers not seen. Drupe subglobose, 3.5-5 cm in diam., glabrous, 5-locular, rarely 2-4-locular by abortion; mesocarp fleshy; endocarp ca. 3.5 cm in diam., woody. Seed elliptic-trigonous, ca. 12 × 6 mm. Fr. Jun.
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A tree. It grows 18 m tall. The branches are greyish brown. The leaves are 50 cm long and have leaflets along the stalk and one at the end. The leaflets are alternate. The leaflets are 9-13 cm long by 3-4 cm wide and are not equal on both sides. The fruit is fleshy and 4-5 cm across. The seed is 3 sided and 12 mm long by 6 mm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 18.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It is native to Yunnan. It grows in hill forests at about 1,200 m above sea level.
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Mixed woods, at elevations around 1,200 metres.
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Usage

Uses wood
Edible fruits seeds
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Distribution

Dracontomelon macrocarpum world distribution map, present in China

Conservation status

Dracontomelon macrocarpum threat status: Critically Endangered

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:69534-1
WFO ID wfo-0000656370
COL ID 37KT4
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Synonyms

Dracontomelon macrocarpum