Mitrephora tomentosa Hook.F. & Thomson

Species

Angiosperms > Magnoliales > Annonaceae > Mitrephora

Characteristics

Trees to 20 m tall. Branches densely hairy when young. Petiole 4-12.5 mm, densely hairy; leaf blade ovate, lanceolate, or rarely oblong, 6.5-21.5 × 3-10 cm, leathery, abaxially densely hairy, adaxially glabrous, secondary veins (8-)14-20 on each side of midvein, base rounded to slightly cordate, apex acute to shortly acuminate. Inflorescence rachides unbranched, internodes short. Pedicel 1.1-2.3 cm; bracteoles 4.5-7.5 × 3.5-9 mm. Sepals ovate, 5-9 × 5-9 mm. Outer petals pale yellow turning dark yellow, lanceolate to oblanceolate, 1.6-2(-3.4) × 0.7-1.8 cm, margin undulate on older flowers; inner petals cream to yellow with apical purple streaks, 0.8-1.7 × 0.7-1.3 cm. Stamens 1-1.3 mm. Carpels 12-17, 1.5-1.7 mm; ovules 10-12 per carpel. Fruiting pedicel 1.5-3.4 cm; monocarp stipes 1.6-3(-3.9) cm; monocarps subglobose, 1.2-2.3 × 0.8-2 cm, densely hairy, smooth, without longitudinal ridge. Seeds ca. 12 × 8 mm. Fl. Jan-Apr, fr. May-Sep.
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A tree. It grows 20 m tall. The young branches are hairy. The leaves are 7-22 cm long by 3-10 cm wide. They are hairy underneath. The fruit are 1-2.3 cm long by 0.8-2 cm wide. They are hairy.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 20.0
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Environment

It is a tropical plant. In southern China it grows between 100-1,200 m above sea level.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

The young leaves are eaten in salads. The ripe fruit are eaten.
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Edible fruits leaves
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Mitrephora tomentosa world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, China, India, and Myanmar

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:74048-1
WFO ID wfo-0001038588
COL ID 43R7L
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Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Kinginda thorelii Melodorum arboreum Mitrephora collinsae Mitrephora edwardsii Mitrephora thorelii Mitrephora tomentosa Mitrephora bousigoniana Kinginda thorelli Kinginda tomentosa Uvaria melodorum Mitrephora thorelii var. bousigoniana Mitrephora thorelii var. microphylla