Miliusa horsfieldii Baill. ex Pierre

Species

Angiosperms > Magnoliales > Annonaceae > Miliusa

Characteristics

Trees to 15[-35] m tall, evergreen, d.b.h. to 50 cm. Bark ochre-colored. Branches villous. Petiole ca. 2 mm, villous; leaf blade elliptic to oblong, 4-13 × 1.8-4 cm, papery, abaxially villous, adaxially sparsely pubescent but densely so on veins, secondary veins 10-14 on each side of midvein, base rounded and slightly oblique, apex acute to acuminate. Inflorescences axillary, cymose, 1-30-flowered. Pedicel 1.5-3 cm, recurved. Sepals broadly triangular, ca. 3(-10) × 1-2 mm. Petals dark red; outer petals lanceolate, ca. 7(-13) × 1-2 mm, reflexed at anthesis; inner petals ovate-lanceolate, 20-26(-40) × 5-10(-15) mm, incurved, with a conspicuous midvein. Stamens ca. 1 mm. Carpels incurved crescent, densely sericeous; ovules 8 per carpel, in 2 series; stigmas ovoid, glabrous. Monocarp stipes 1-1.5 cm; monocarps 5-20, dark red at maturity, globose to subglobose, 1-2 cm in diam., puberulent. Seeds 2-8 per monocarp, reniform, ca. 11 × 5 mm. Fl. Mar-Jun, fr. Jul-Aug.
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Tree to 30 m high. Shoots and branchlets appressed-pubescent, glabrescent. Leaves: petiole 2-4 mm long; lamina lanceolate or oblanceolate, 4-22 cm long, 2.5-6 cm wide, obtuse or rounded at base, acute or acuminate at apex, glabrescent; secondary veins mostly 6-9 pairs. Flowers solitary or paired; pedicel 5-15 mm long, pubescent. Sepals ovate, 4-5 mm long, 2 mm wide, acuminate, pubescent. Outer petals narrowly ovate to oblong, 5-6 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide, acute, pubescent, green. Inner petals lanceolate, broadly saccate, twisted near tip, 30-42 mm long, 12-18 mm wide, puberulous outside and inside near tip; margins recurved; base with short 2.5-3 mm wide claw, green with streaks of red outside, densely mottled red inside with a medial pink stripe. Stamens c. 48, 1.2-1.3 mm long, incurved. Carpels c. 23; ovary 1.5 mm long; ovules 2-10. Apocarps ellipsoidal or subglobular, 15-35 mm long, 15-20 mm wide; stipe 10-20 mm long. Seeds 2-5.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 25.0
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Environment

A canopy tree in rainforests. Semi-deciduous mesophyll to notophyll vine forests, generally on alluvium, At elevations from near sea level to 200 metres.
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Grows in lowland semideciduous mesophyll and complex notophyll vine forest.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Sesquiterpenic oil can be produced from the leaves (Beasley 2009: 101).
Uses essential oil material medicinal oil wood
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Distribution

Miliusa horsfieldii world distribution map, present in Australia, China, and India

Conservation status

Miliusa horsfieldii threat status: Vulnerable

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:73936-1
WFO ID wfo-0001066369
COL ID 43CVY
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Synonyms

Miliusa arborea Miliusa lineata Alphonsea prolifica Miliusa unguiculata Saccopetalum tectonum Miliusa tectona Saccopetalum lineatum Saccopetalum unguiculatum Miliusa horsfieldii Saccopetalum prolificum Saccopetalum arboreum Miliusa prolifica Saccopetalum horsfieldii