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Magnoliopsida
Maranthes Blume
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Trees. Leaves alternate. Inflorescence a many-flowered corymb or panicle. Bracts and bracteoles caducous, not concealing the young flowers. Flowers slightly zygomorphic. Sepals subcircular. Petals subcircular, white. Stamens numerous (20-60). Ovary of 1 (-3) 2-locular carpels. Fruit a fleshy drupe; endocarp very hard with 2 lateral plates which break away on germination.
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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
Specimen Records:23
Specimens with Sequences:28
Specimens with Barcodes:22
Species:8
Species With Barcodes:8
Public Records:4
Public Species:3
Public BINs:0
Maranthes is a genus of plant in the family Chrysobalanaceae described as a genus in 1825.[3][4][5]
Maranthes is native to tropical regions of Africa, Southeast Asia, Australia, Central America, and various oceanic islands.[2]
Species[2]
- Maranthes aubrevillei (Pellegr.) Prance ex F.White - W Africa
- Maranthes chrysophylla (Oliv.) Prance ex F.White - W + C Africa
- Maranthes corymbosa Blume - Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Papuasia, Philippines, Palau
- Maranthes floribunda (Baker) F.White - C Africa
- Maranthes gabunensis (Engl.) Prance - C Africa
- Maranthes glabra (Oliv.) Prance - W + C Africa
- Maranthes goetzeniana (Engl.) Prance - Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
- Maranthes kerstingii (Engl.) Prance ex F.White - W + C Africa
- Maranthes panamensis (Standl.) Prance & F.White - Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
- Maranthes polyandra (Benth.) Prance - from Ivory Coast to South Sudan
- Maranthes robusta (Oliv.) Prance ex F.White - W Africa
- Maranthes sanagensis F.White - Cameroon
References[edit]
- ^ "Genus: Maranthes Blume". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 7 September 1994. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Blume, Carl Ludwig von. 1825. Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indië 89 in Latin
- ^ Tropicos, Maranthes Blume
- ^ Prance, G. T. & F. White. 1988. The genera of Chrysobalanaceae: a study in practical and theoretical taxonomy and its relevance to evolutionary biology. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 320: 1–184.
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Medium to large evergreen tree. Leaves alternate, elliptic-oblong with a prominent drip tip, shiny dark green above, dull green below; margins entire but wavy. Two small raised glands are present at the base of the midrib. Flowers, 1-2 cm in diameter, in corymbs, creamy white or greenish. Stamens numerous, longer than the petals. Fruit an obovoid, fleshy drupe, hairless.
Bole: Straight. Buttressed. Large. To 50 m. Bark: Pale brown/grey. Flaking in patches/smooth. Slash: Dark red with pale grey edge. Slight milky exudate. Leaf: Simple. Alternate. Petiole: NR. Lamina: Medium. 8 - 15 × 4 - 6.5 cm. Elliptic/oblong. Cuneate. Acuminate. Entire. Glabrous. Domatia: NR. Glands: 2 glands on petiole. Stipules: Falling. Thorns & Spines: Absent. Flower: White/green-white. Panicle. Hermaphrodite. Fruit: Black drupe.
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Eastern Arc Mountains: East Usambara Mts; eastern Africa
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building; firewood; tools; shade; forage; food
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