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Anthocephalus chinensis (Lamk) A. Rich.ex Walp.
Rubiaceae
Anthocephalus indicus A.Rich., Anthocephalus cadamba (Roxb.) Miq., Neolamarckia cadamba (Roxb.) Bosser.
Malaysia |
Kelempayan (Peninsular), laran (Peninsular, Sabah), selimpoh (Sarawak). |
English |
Kadam, cadamba, common 1 bur-flower tree. |
Brunei |
Bangkal, kaatoan bangkal. |
Indonesia |
Jabon (Java), laran (Kalimantan), emajang (Sumatra). |
Papua New Guinea |
Labula. |
Philippines |
Kaatoan bangkal (General). |
Myanmar |
Mau-Iettan-she, maukadon, yemau. |
Cambodia |
Thkoow. |
Thailand |
Krathum, krathum bok, takoo. |
Laos |
Koo-somz, sako. |
Vietnam |
C[aa]y g[as]o, c[af] tom, g[as]o tr[aws]ng. |
French |
Kadam |
Anthocephalus chinensis is distributed in Nepal, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Burma, Indo-China, southern China, Thailand, eastward through Malaysia to New Guinea.
Anthocephalus chinensis is a medium-sized to large tree that can reach up to 45 m tall. Its bole is straight and cylindrical, branchless for more than 25 m, measures up to 100(-160) cm in diametre but generally less, sometimes with small buttresses up to 2 m high and extending up to 60 cm from the trunk.
The leaves measure 13-32 cm x 7-15 cm, with acute to acuminate apex and distinctly petiolate with a petiole 2.5-6 cm long.
The flower heads are 3-5 cm wide where the upper part of the ovary is distinctly 4-loculed with 4 hollow cartilagineous structures.
Anthocephalus chinensis occurs mainly in secondary vegetation and along rivers on fertile, often periodically flooded locations up to 1000 m altitude.
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