Aporosa tetrapleura | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Phyllanthaceae |
Genus: | Aporosa |
Species: | A. tetrapleura
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Binomial name | |
Aporosa tetrapleura Hance
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Aporosa tetrapleura is a species of plant in the family Phyllanthaceae found in Cambodia and Vietnam. The wood is used in house and cattle barn construction and as firewood.
A. tetrapleura is in a clade with sisters Aporosa ficifolia, A. octandra, A. planchoniana, and A. villosa, separated from other species within the Appendiculatae section of the Aporosa genus. [2]
The species was first described by Henry Fletcher Hance (1827-86), an English diplomat and botanist, who worked in Zhōngguó/China from 1844 to his death. He published the description in 1876 in the Journal of Botany, British and Foreign. [3]
A. tetrapleura is a tree, usually small, but up to 12m in height, with a trunk some 10cm in diameter [4] The petioles are some 9 to 21mm long. The leaves have large black basal glands; a (narrowly) elliptic leather and shiny blade, which when dry is often rather brittle; an acute to acuminate apex; and 6 to 8 pairs of nerves. Inflorescences occur axillary or just below the leaves. Laxly set flowers with 4 sepals and 2 stamens in the staminate flowers. The fruit are 11 to 14mm long, they are not stiped, and only the immature fruit are beaked, at the sutures there is ridging; the pericarp is 0.5-1.55mm thick. Flowering occurs in April and December, fruiting in March and June.
The species is found in Cambodia and in south and central Vietnam. [1]
The tree occurs in forests, favouring granitic soils at about 300m altitude. [4]
The primary forest adjacent to Khe Tran village ( Phong Mỹ commune, Thừa Thiên Huế Province, central Vietnam) have Adinandra cf. hainanensis (Theaceae), A. tetrapleura and Aporosa octandra as the most abundant species. [5]
A long mom pu xá, a long môt, mom are names used by Pahy and Vietnamese language speakers at Khe Tran village, Vietnam. [5]
Large trees of this species from primary provides timber for house and light (cattle barn) construction, and wood for firewood in the Khe Tran village, Vietnam. [5] Smaller trees from secondary forest provide firewood and light (cattle barn) construction timber
Aporosa tetrapleura | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Phyllanthaceae |
Genus: | Aporosa |
Species: | A. tetrapleura
|
Binomial name | |
Aporosa tetrapleura Hance
| |
Synonyms [1] | |
none |
Aporosa tetrapleura is a species of plant in the family Phyllanthaceae found in Cambodia and Vietnam. The wood is used in house and cattle barn construction and as firewood.
A. tetrapleura is in a clade with sisters Aporosa ficifolia, A. octandra, A. planchoniana, and A. villosa, separated from other species within the Appendiculatae section of the Aporosa genus. [2]
The species was first described by Henry Fletcher Hance (1827-86), an English diplomat and botanist, who worked in Zhōngguó/China from 1844 to his death. He published the description in 1876 in the Journal of Botany, British and Foreign. [3]
A. tetrapleura is a tree, usually small, but up to 12m in height, with a trunk some 10cm in diameter [4] The petioles are some 9 to 21mm long. The leaves have large black basal glands; a (narrowly) elliptic leather and shiny blade, which when dry is often rather brittle; an acute to acuminate apex; and 6 to 8 pairs of nerves. Inflorescences occur axillary or just below the leaves. Laxly set flowers with 4 sepals and 2 stamens in the staminate flowers. The fruit are 11 to 14mm long, they are not stiped, and only the immature fruit are beaked, at the sutures there is ridging; the pericarp is 0.5-1.55mm thick. Flowering occurs in April and December, fruiting in March and June.
The species is found in Cambodia and in south and central Vietnam. [1]
The tree occurs in forests, favouring granitic soils at about 300m altitude. [4]
The primary forest adjacent to Khe Tran village ( Phong Mỹ commune, Thừa Thiên Huế Province, central Vietnam) have Adinandra cf. hainanensis (Theaceae), A. tetrapleura and Aporosa octandra as the most abundant species. [5]
A long mom pu xá, a long môt, mom are names used by Pahy and Vietnamese language speakers at Khe Tran village, Vietnam. [5]
Large trees of this species from primary provides timber for house and light (cattle barn) construction, and wood for firewood in the Khe Tran village, Vietnam. [5] Smaller trees from secondary forest provide firewood and light (cattle barn) construction timber