Maranthes corymbosa Blume

  • Filed As

    Chrysobalanaceae
    Maranthes corymbosa Blume

  • Collector(s)

    A. D. E. Elmer 12162, Mar 1910

  • Location

    Philippines. Romblon.

  • Habitat

    along creek bottom. in half sandy and gravelly soil.

  • Description

    Tree 25 foot high with a foot thick stem; main branches from the middle, widely spreading, twigs rather numerous and forming dense bushes; wood odorless and tasteless, moderately hard and brittle, dull white, with a reddish tinge toward the center; bark brittle, gray, smoothish, reddish brown beneath the epidermis; leaves descending, folding upon the upper much darker green surface, coriaceous; inflorescence erect, all the stalks pale green; calyx greenish yellow; corolla greenish white; filaments and pistil pale white, anthers pale yellow.

  • Specimen Notes

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

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 4771411

    Occurrence ID: cce9fb68-297b-43fc-968b-fdbc073a07b5

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Malpighiales

  • Family

    Chrysobalanaceae

  • All Determinations

    Maranthes corymbosa Blume

PHILIPPINE ISLANDS PLANTS
DISTRIBUTED BY A. D. E. ELMER
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The New York Botanical Garden
BOTANICAL GARDEN
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