Knema linifolia (Roxb.) Warb.

Species

Angiosperms > Magnoliales > Myristicaceae > Knema

Characteristics

Trees to 20 m tall, 25-35 cm d.b.h.; bark rough, grayish brown; branches slightly drooping, arising at top, with dense rusty pubescence. Petiole 1-2 cm, with rusty powdery pubescence; leaf blade obovate-lanceolate, (15-)24-40 × 7-13 cm, widened at middle, papery or subleathery, finely hairy, glabrescent on both surfaces, base rounded, apex acuminate or long acuminate; lateral veins 20-25 pairs, prominent on both surfaces. Male inflorescences 0.8-1 cm. Male flowers 2-5-fascicled on short peduncle; buds ovoid or obovoid, 7-10 × 5-6 mm, with dense brown pubescence; pedicel 1.2-1.5 cm; bracteole inserted at about middle or in lower part of pedicel; perianth lobes 3; staminate disk concave; anthers 13-18, sessile. Female flowers 2-4-fascicled, ca. 6 mm; ovary broadly ovoid, pubescent; stigma bifid, each lobe again shallowly 2-lobulate. Infructescences short, often with 1 fruit. Fruit nearly sessile, ellipsoid or ovoid, 2.5-4 × 2.2-2.5 cm, with rusty hairs 0.5-1 mm; pericarp 2-3 mm thick. Aril red, laciniate at apex. Fl. Aug-Sep.
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A tree. It grows 20 m tall. The trunk is 25-35 cm across. The bark is rough and grey brown. The branches are slightly drooping. They have a rusty covering. The leaves are oval to sword shaped and 24-40 cm long by 7-13 cm wide. Male and female flowers are separate. The fruit is oval and 3-4 cm long by 2.5 cm wide. It has rusty hairs. There is a red aril around the seed.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
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Mature width (meter) 0.25 - 0.35
Mature height (meter) 20.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a subtropical plant. It grows in moist dense forest and ravines between 800-900 m above sea level.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses material medicinal
Edible fruits
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Distribution

Knema linifolia world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, China, India, and Thailand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:585884-1
WFO ID wfo-0001085242
COL ID 6NLWQ
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Synonyms

Palala longifolia Knema linifolia Myristica linifolia Knema linifolia var. clarkeana Myristica clarkeana