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Melanolepis multiglandulosa Rchb. & Zoll.

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Euphorbiaceae > Melanolepis

Characteristics

Trees, 5-10 m tall. Branchlets loosely floccose-stellate-tomentose when young. Petiole 5-15 cm; leaf blade ovate-orbicular or ovate-triangular, 10-35 × 8-35 cm, membranous, usually acutely 3-lobed, base cordate to truncate, mar gin repand-dentate, apex acute. Inflorescences branched or unbranched, 5-40 cm, tomentose; bracts subulate, 1-3 mm. Male flowers 2-4 per bract; pedicel 5-10 mm; calyx 4-6 mm; stamens 150-250. Female flowers: pedicel ca. 3 mm; calyx ca. 2 mm; ovary 2(or 3)-locular; styles 2(or 3), ca. 2 mm. Capsule often 2-lobed, 8-10 mm wide. Seeds subglobose, ca. 4 mm, aril purplish. Fl. and fr. Apr-Aug.
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Check. A shrub or small tree. It grows 4-10 m tall. The trunk can be 30 cm across.
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Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality dioecy
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Mature height (meter) 7.5 - 10.0
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JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Mainly secondary places like roadsides, regrowth thickets, depleted open forest, forest edges in savannah, coconut plantations, old gardens; also primary forest, swamp forest, monsoon forest, by mangroves; to 300 metres, occ to 1,335 metres.
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It is a tropical plant.
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Soil texture 1-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses dye environmental use fuel material medicinal poison wood
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Scurf (unspecified), Vermifuge (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Images

Leaf

Melanolepis multiglandulosa leaf picture by Noel Dionson (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Melanolepis multiglandulosa fruit picture by Franck Prejger (cc-by-sa)
Melanolepis multiglandulosa fruit picture by Noel Dionson (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Melanolepis multiglandulosa world distribution map, present in China, Moldova (Republic of), Philippines, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Taiwan, Province of China, and United States of America

Conservation status

Melanolepis multiglandulosa threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:352136-1
WFO ID wfo-0000239941
COL ID 3Z8PS
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Mallotus calcosus Mallotus hollrungianus Melanolepis angulata Melanolepis calcosa Mallotus angulatus Mallotus hellwigianus Mallotus multiglandulosus Ricinus dioicus Rottlera calcosa Adelia monoica Croton multiglandulosus Rottlera angulata Melanolepis moluccanus Mallotus moluccanus var. glabratus Mallotus moluccanus var. pendulus Melanolepis moluccana Melanolepis moluccana var. pendula Melanolepis multiglandulosa var. pendula Rottlera multiglandulosa Melanolepis multiglandulosa
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