Melochia umbellata (Houtt.) Stapf

  • Filed As

    Malvaceae
    Melochia umbellata (Houtt.) Stapf

  • Collector(s)

    A. D. E. Elmer 10864, Jun 1909

  • Location

    Philippines. Davao del Sur. Santa Cruz Mun. Todaya (Mt. Apo), District of Davao, Island of Mindanao.

  • Habitat

    cogon grass and other shrubberies. fertile moist soil of cogon grass & other shrubberies.

  • Description

    Small tree; 16 feet high with an 8 inch thick stem; spreading branches forming a round topped crown; twigs slightly ascending, quite slender; wood murky white, soft, odorless and tasteless, light; leaves membranous, spreading, the younger ones grayish green and conduplicate on the upper side; the petloles yellowish green, terete: stalks of inflorescence and calyx yellowish green: corolla segments light pink, rotately spreading, deep red in the throat; filaments also pink; pistil yellowish; erect capsules green, deeply 5-ridged; bark easily pealing, greenish beneath the grayish brown lenticelled back epidermis;.

  • Specimen Notes

    [Record databased by volunteers in the DIGIVOL Crowdsourcing Platform. Imported to NYBG database in 2024.]

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 4352076

    Occurrence ID: e51c3850-d434-40ac-850f-b34b0d2e5d03

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  • Region

    Asia

  • Country

    Philippines

  • State/Province

    Davao del Sur

  • County/Municipio

    Santa Cruz Mun.

  • Locality

    Todaya (Mt. Apo), District of Davao, Island of Mindanao

  • Location Notes

    [Pacifica]

  • Distribution

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10864« Melochia indioa (Houfct.) Gray* Small
tree 16 feet high with an 8 inch thick stem* in very
Vif fertile moist soil of eogon grass and other shrubberies
Ipy / at 3000 feet; spreading branches forming a round topped
P /tb erewn; twigs slightly ascending* quite slender; wood
»’ murky white* soft* odorless and tasteless, light; leaves
meaforanous* spreading* the younger ones grayish green
and conduplieate on the tapper side; the petlfles yellow«
ish green* terete s stalks of inflorescence and calyx
yellowish greent corolla segments light pink, rotately
spreading, deep red in the throat; filaments also pink;
pistil yellowish; ereot capsules green, deeply 8-ridged;
hark easily pealing* greenish beneath the grayish brown
lenticelled back epidermis; "Golagto,* Todays> June,
1909*
ELMER’S FIELD NOTES
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS PLANTS
DISTRIBUTED BY A. D. E. ELMER
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TODAYA (MT. APO). DISTRICT OF DAVAO
ISLAND OF MINDANAO* JUNE, 1 909
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