Polyalthia longifolia (PROSEA)
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Introduction |
Polyalthia longifolia (Sonn.) Thwaites
- Protologue: Enum. pl. zeyl. 5: 398 (1864).
Synonyms
- Guatteria longifolia (Sonn.) Wallich,
- Unona longifolia (Sonn.) Dun.
Vernacular names
- Cemetery tree (En).
Distribution
Native to southern India and Sri Lanka; planted for ornamental purposes in South-East Asia, e.g. in Peninsular Malaysia and Java.
Uses
In India the bark is used as a febrifuge. The tough and flexible wood is used for making barrels. P. longifolia is cultivated as an ornamental, roadside and shade tree.
Observations
- A small to medium-sized tree up to 25 m tall, with a straight bole and dense crown, twigs soon glabrous.
- Leaves ovate-oblong to narrowly lanceolate, 11-22 cm × 2-4.5(-6) cm, cuneate to rounded at base, wavy at margins, membranous, petiole 4-8 mm long.
- Flowers in axils of leaves or fallen leaves, usually numerous, petals narrowly lanceolate, up to 1.2 cm long, greenish-yellow.
- Monocarps subglobose to ovoid, 2-2.5 cm long, stalk 8-12 mm long, 1-seeded.
Selected sources
62, 121, 623, 782, 860, 883, 1055. medicinals
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Authors
- R.H.M.J. Lemmens