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Scolopia luzonensis (C.Presl) Warb.

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Salicaceae > Scolopia

Characteristics

Shrub or small tree, 5 m, occasionally with fine axillary thorns on young twigs; bark smooth, grey. Leaves ovate to ovate-oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, cuneate to nearly rounded at the base, +-coriaceous, glabrous, shining above, 6-12.5 by 2½-4(-5) cm; nerves little prominent, veins ± reticulate; petiole 0.6-1.2 cm. Racemes axillary and terminal, ± as long as the leaves, simple or panicled, 10-14-flowered; rhachis minutely pubescent or glabrous. Pedicels 4-6 mm. Flowers whitish, sweet-scented. Sepals 4, oblong, 2.5 mm, ciliate. Connective ± laxly pilose. Petals 4, ± equal to the sepals. Berry ovate to nearly globose, red, c. 6 mm. Seeds 3-8, semilunar.
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An erect or small stocky tree. The branchlets are many and round. They are slender and become hairy with age. There are many leaves and they are alternate, not hairy and light green beneath. They are oval and 6-12 cm long by 2-5 cm wide. The flowers are pale or yellowish white and on the ends of branches. They are in leaf axils. They are in groups of 10-14 flowers. The fruit are not hairy and end with a slender point. It is 6 mm across. It is red and has 3-8 seeds.
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Mature height (meter) 5.0
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Environment

A tropical plant. They are found in dry deep wooded valleys of Luzon in the Philippines. They are little known in Mindanao. It grows up to 700 m above sea level. It can be along sandy beaches.
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In dry thickets and secondary forests, up to 680 m, often common on clayey soil or along the sandy beach, also on limestone rocks. Fl. Sept.-March; fr. Apr.-June.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Uses. Wood very hard, apparently not in use.
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The fruit are eaten raw.
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Distribution

Scolopia luzonensis world distribution map, present in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Uruguay

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:112076-1
WFO ID wfo-0000913945
COL ID 4VSGR
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Synonyms

Flacourtia parviflora Scolopia lanceolata Scolopia dasyanthera Banara brevifolia Dasianthera luzoniensis Flacourtia corollata Flacourtia crenata Phoberos dasyanthera Scolopia luzonensis
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