Popowia nitida King

 
  • Family : ANNONACEAE
    (Custard Apple Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : SITAPHAL FAMILY (सीताफल फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Annonaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Anaxagorea sumatrana Miq.; Cyathostemma micranthum (A.DC.) J.Sinclair; Cyathostemma sumatranum (Miq.) Boerl.; Guatteria micrantha A.DC.; Polyalthia fruticans A.DC.; Uva micrantha (A.DC.) Kuntze; Uva sumatrana (Miq.) Kuntze; Uvaria lanceolata Scheff.; Uvaria sumatrana (Miq.) Kurz
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Uvaria micrantha (A.DC.) Hook.f. & Thomson
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Key identification features : A shrub with softly pubescent young branchlets. Leaves 2.25-4 in. long, oblong to oblong-lanceolate or obovate, bluntly acuminate, base rounded, glabrous and glossy, lateral nerves about 12 pairs, rather thin and forming double loops; petiole very short. Flowers 0.25 in. diam., yellow, petals Ovate-orbicular. Ripe carpels long, ovoid-pointed, glabrous.
  • Distribution :
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : North and Middle Andaman
  • Native : Andaman Is., Borneo, Cambodia, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Queensland, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, Western Australia
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • Literature :
    • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 77
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Popowia nitida. Downloaded on 7 October 2024.

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