Platea latifolia Blume

 
  • Family : METTENIUSACEAE
    (Metteniusa Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : METTENIUSA FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Metteniusaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Platystigma myristiceum R.Br. ex Hook.f.; Platea fuliginea Elmer; Platea hainanensis R.A.Howard; Platea latifolia var. sumatrana (Blume) Miq.; Platea ledermannii Sleumer; Platea myristicea (R.Br. ex Hook.f.) Hallier f.; Platea sumatrana Blume; Planchonella gamblei (C.B.Clarke) H.J.Lam; Pouteria gamblei (C.B.Clarke) Baehni; Sideroxylon gamblei C.B.Clarke; Gomphandra gamblei (C.B.Clarke) P.Royen
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Platea latifolia Blume
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests
  • Key identification features : Evergreen trees up to 25 m tall; Leaves simple, alternate, elliptic or oblong; margin smooth; Flowers in axillary inflorescences, unisexual, polygamous or dioecious; sepals 5, fused at base; petals 5, attached at base, green; stamens 5; style absent, stigma broadly disc-shaped; Fruits ellipsoid-ovoid, woody; green when young, black when mature, one-seeded.
  • Flower, Fruit : February- November
  • Distribution :
    • West Bengal : West Bengal
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
    • Assam : Assam
  • Native : India, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, Hainan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, New Guinea, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, Hainan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, New Guinea, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Literature :
    • Navendu Page., Aparajita Datta., Bibidishananda Basu (2022). Trees of Arunachal Pradesh-a field guide, Pg: 563
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Platea latifolia. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.

Habitat

India Distribution

World Distribution

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