Madhuca pasquieri H.J.Lam

Species

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Characteristics

Trees, to 30 m tall. Trunk to 60 cm d.b.h., bark blackish. Branchlets densely lenticellate, rust colored tomentose, glabrescent. Leaves scattered or more often closely clustered at end of branchlets; stipules lanceolate-linear, ca. 3 X 1 mm, early deciduous; petiole slender, 1.5--3.5 cm, rust colored to grayish pubescent; leaf blade obovate to obovate-oblong, 6--16 X 2--6 cm, both surfaces glabrous, base broadly acuminate to cuneate, apex broadly acuminate to abruptly acute, lateral veins 13--22(--26) pairs. Flowers several, axillary, fascicled. Pedicel 1.5--3.5 cm, rust colored to grayish pubescent. Sepals 4(or 5), 3--6 X 3--5 mm, rust colored to grayish pubescent. Corolla yellowish green, 5--7.5 mm, glabrous, lobes 6--11. Stamens (16--)18--22(--24). Ovary ovoid, 1--2 mm, 6-celled, densely rust colored pubescent. Style subulate, 8--10 mm, densely rust colored pubescent. Fruit ellipsoid to globose, with lengthened style, 2--3 X 1.5--2 cm, rust colored tomentose but glabrescent; pericarp fleshy; 1--5-seeded. Seeds ellipsoid, 1.8--2.7 X 1--1.2 cm, with oblong scar. Fl. Jul-Sep, fr. Oct-Jan.
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A tree. It grows to 30-40 m tall. Trunk to 60-120 cm across, bark blackish. The small branches have lenticels and are rust coloured. The leaves can be scattered or clustered at the ends of branches. The fruit can be oval and 2-3 cm long by 1.5-2 cm wide. The fruit is rust coloured. The layer around the seeds is fleshy. The seeds are like an ellipse and 1.8-2.7 cm long by 1-1.2 cm across with an oblong scar.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 30.0
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Environment

A tropical plant. The occur in forests in southern China and Vietnam between 0-1100 m. In Yunnan.
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A canopy tree in primary and secondary forests at elevations below 1,100 metres.
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Usage

Seeds contain an edible oil.
Uses medicinal oil timber wood
Edible seeds
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Cultivation

Fruit bats drop the seeds of the fruit they have eaten and these seeds are collected and pressed into oil.
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Images

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Distribution

Madhuca pasquieri world distribution map, present in China and Viet Nam

Conservation status

Madhuca pasquieri threat status: Vulnerable

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:787534-1
WFO ID wfo-0000232822
COL ID 72RNL
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Synonyms

Madhuca tsangii Madhuca pasquieri Madhuca subquincuncialis Dasillipe pasquieri Isonandra pasquieri Bassia pasquieri