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Cyrtophyllum Caudatum
''Cyrtophyllum''Reinwardt CGC ex Blume (1823) ''Cat. Gew. Buitenzorg (Blume)'' 47. ''et Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.'' 16: 1022 ct 1826-Nov 1827 is a genus of tropical Asian tree species in the family Gentianaceae and the tribe Potalieae. Species may have previously been placed in the genus ''Fagraea'' and can be found in Indo-China and Malesia. Species ''Plants of the World Online'' currently includes five accepted species: * ''Cyrtophyllum caudatum'' (Ridl.) K.M.Wong * ''Cyrtophyllum fragrans'' (Roxb.) DC. (the Tembusu tree) * ''Cyrtophyllum giganteum'' (Ridl.) Ridl. * ''Cyrtophyllum lanceolatum'' DC. * ''Cyrtophyllum minutiflorum ''Cyrtophyllum''Reinwardt CGC ex Blume (1823) ''Cat. Gew. Buitenzorg (Blume)'' 47. ''et Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.'' 16: 1022 ct 1826-Nov 1827 is a genus of tropical Asian tree species in the family Gentianaceae and the tribe Potalieae. Species may ...'' K.M.Wong References External links * * {{Taxonbar, from=Q33958370 Gentianales genera Gentian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyrtophyllum Fragrans
The tembusu is a large evergreen tree in the family Gentianaceae, native to Southeast Asia (from Indo-China to New Guinea). It is the Malay name for ''Cyrtophyllum fragrans'' (synonym ''Fagraea fragrans''). Its trunk is dark brown, with deeply fissured bark, looking somewhat like a bittergourd. The tree grows in an irregular shape from 10 to 25 metres high, with light green oval-shaped leaves, and yellowish flowers with a distinct fragrance. The fruits of the tree are bitter tasting red berries, which are eaten by ''Pteropus'' fruit bats. Common names Buabua (Fiji Islands), Urung (Philippines), Temasuk (Sabah), Tatrao, Trai (Vietnam), Kan Krao (Thailand), Tembesu (Indonesia), Anan, Anama (Burma), Munpla (Thailand, Laos), Ta Trao (Cambodia). Uses The trunk of this tree can produce very hard wood that can be used to make chopping boards. The wood can last over a hundred years, particularly as termites and weevils do not eat this kind of wood. People always use this wood for crea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt
Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt (5 June 1773 in Lüttringhausen – 6 March 1854 in Leiden) was a Prussian-born Dutch botanist. He is considered to be the founding father of Bogor Botanical Garden in Indonesia. Biography In 1787 he was apprenticed to an Amsterdam pharmacy where his brother worked. He came in contact with several scientists, including the botanist Gerardus Vrolik (father of Willem Vrolik). He had his education at the Athenaeum Illustre where he successfully engaged in the study chemistry and botany. Under the Batavian Republic and the Kingdom of Holland he served as a professor of natural history at the University of Harderwijk from 1800 to 1808. After a while he became associate professor of chemistry and pharmacy. In 1808 he appealed to king Louis Bonaparte and was offered work as director of the "to be built" botanical and zoological gardens and museums. In 1808 he became a member of the Royal Institute of the Netherlands. And in 1810 just before the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tropical
The tropics are the regions of Earth surrounding the Equator. They are defined in latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the Northern Hemisphere at N and the Tropic of Capricorn in the Southern Hemisphere at S. The tropics are also referred to as the tropical zone and the torrid zone (see geographical zone). In terms of climate, the tropics receive sunlight that is more direct than the rest of Earth and are generally hotter and wetter as they aren't affected as much by the solar seasons. The word "tropical" sometimes refers to this sort of climate in the zone rather than to the geographical zone itself. The tropical zone includes deserts and snow-capped mountains, which are not tropical in the climatic sense. The tropics are distinguished from the other climatic and biomatic regions of Earth, which are the middle latitudes and the polar regions on either side of the equatorial zone. The tropics constitute 40% of Earth's surface area and contain 36% of Earth's landmass. , the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gentianaceae
Gentianaceae is a family of flowering plants of 103 genera and about 1600 species. Etymology The family takes its name from the genus '' Gentiana'', named after the Illyrian king Gentius. Distribution Distribution is cosmopolitan. Characteristics The family consists of trees, shrubs and herbs showing a wide range of colours and floral patterns. Flowers are actinomorphic and bisexual with fused sepals and petals. The stamens are attached to the inside of the petals ( epipetalous) and alternate with the corolla lobes. There is a glandular disk at the base of the gynoecium, and flowers have parietal placentation. The inflorescence is cymose, with simple or complex cymes. The fruits are dehiscent septicidal capsules splitting into two halves, rarely some species have a berry. Seeds are small with copiously oily endosperms and a straight embryo. The habit varies from small trees, pachycaul shrubs to (usually) herbs, with ascending, erect or twining stems. Plants are usually ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fagraea
''Fagraea'' is a genus of plants in the family Gentianaceae. It includes trees, shrubs, lianas, and epiphytes. They can be found in forests, swamps, and other habitat in Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands, with the center of diversity in Malesia.Motley, T. J. (2004)The ethnobotany of ''Fagraea'' Thunb.(Gentianaceae): The timber of Malesia and the scent of Polynesia.''Economic Botany'' 58(3) 396-409. Many ''Fagraea'' species have a variety of human uses, particularly the wood and flowers. The flowers open in the evening and are often fragrant and bat-pollinated. They are so conspicuous they have roles in Polynesian mythology. They make the trees attractive as ornamental plantings. Some are used in leis. '' Fagraea auriculata'' produces a flower over 30 centimeters wide, one of the largest flowers of any plant in the world. Many species, especially the Malesian taxa, have valuable wood. It was used to carve tikis. Some have been used in traditional medicine, perfumery, and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indo-China
Mainland Southeast Asia, also known as the Indochinese Peninsula or Indochina, is the continental portion of Southeast Asia. It lies east of the Indian subcontinent and south of Mainland China and is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the west and the Pacific Ocean to the east. It includes the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam, with peninsular Malaysia sometimes also being included. The term Indochina (originally Indo-China) was coined in the early nineteenth century, emphasizing the historical cultural influence of Indian and Chinese civilizations on the area. The term was later adopted as the name of the colony of French Indochina (today's Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam). Today, the term, Mainland Southeast Asia, in contrast to Maritime Southeast Asia, is more commonly referenced. Terminology The origins of the name Indo-China are usually attributed jointly to the Danish-French geographer Conrad Malte-Brun, who referred to the area as in 1804, and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malesia
Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalayan and Australasian realms, and also a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical Kingdom. It has been given different definitions. The World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions split off Papuasia in its 2001 version. Floristic province Malesia was first identified as a floristic region that included the Malay Peninsula, the Malay Archipelago, New Guinea, and the Bismarck Archipelago, based on a shared tropical flora derived mostly from Asia but also with numerous elements of the Antarctic flora, including many species in the southern conifer families Podocarpaceae and Araucariaceae. The floristic region overlaps four distinct mammalian faunal regions. The first edition of the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) used this definition, but in the second edition of 2001, New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago were r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plants Of The World Online
Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. It was launched in March 2017 with the ultimate aim being "to enable users to access information on all the world's known seed-bearing plants by 2020". The initial focus was on tropical African Floras, particularly Flora Zambesiaca, Flora of West Tropical Africa and Flora of Tropical East Africa. The database uses the same taxonomical source as Kew's World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, which is the International Plant Names Index, and the World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP). POWO contains 1,234,000 global plant names and 367,600 images. See also *Australian Plant Name Index *Convention on Biological Diversity *World Flora Online *Tropicos Tropicos is an online botanical database containing taxonomic information on plants, mainly from the Neotropical realm (Central, and South America). It is maintained by the Missouri Botanical Garden and was established over 25 y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyrtophyllum Caudatum
''Cyrtophyllum''Reinwardt CGC ex Blume (1823) ''Cat. Gew. Buitenzorg (Blume)'' 47. ''et Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.'' 16: 1022 ct 1826-Nov 1827 is a genus of tropical Asian tree species in the family Gentianaceae and the tribe Potalieae. Species may have previously been placed in the genus ''Fagraea'' and can be found in Indo-China and Malesia. Species ''Plants of the World Online'' currently includes five accepted species: * ''Cyrtophyllum caudatum'' (Ridl.) K.M.Wong * ''Cyrtophyllum fragrans'' (Roxb.) DC. (the Tembusu tree) * ''Cyrtophyllum giganteum'' (Ridl.) Ridl. * ''Cyrtophyllum lanceolatum'' DC. * ''Cyrtophyllum minutiflorum ''Cyrtophyllum''Reinwardt CGC ex Blume (1823) ''Cat. Gew. Buitenzorg (Blume)'' 47. ''et Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.'' 16: 1022 ct 1826-Nov 1827 is a genus of tropical Asian tree species in the family Gentianaceae and the tribe Potalieae. Species may ...'' K.M.Wong References External links * * {{Taxonbar, from=Q33958370 Gentianales genera Gentian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tembusu
The tembusu is a large evergreen tree in the family Gentianaceae, native to Southeast Asia (from Indo-China to New Guinea). It is the Malay name for ''Cyrtophyllum fragrans'' (synonym ''Fagraea fragrans''). Its trunk is dark brown, with deeply fissured bark, looking somewhat like a bittergourd. The tree grows in an irregular shape from 10 to 25 metres high, with light green oval-shaped leaves, and yellowish flowers with a distinct fragrance. The fruits of the tree are bitter tasting red berries, which are eaten by ''Pteropus'' fruit bats. Common names Buabua (Fiji Islands), Urung (Philippines), Temasuk (Sabah), Tatrao, Trai (Vietnam), Kan Krao (Thailand), Tembesu (Indonesia), Anan, Anama (Burma), Munpla (Thailand, Laos), Ta Trao (Cambodia). Uses The trunk of this tree can produce very hard wood that can be used to make chopping boards. The wood can last over a hundred years, particularly as termites and weevils do not eat this kind of wood. People always use this wood for cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyrtophyllum Giganteum
''Cyrtophyllum''Reinwardt CGC ex Blume (1823) ''Cat. Gew. Buitenzorg (Blume)'' 47. ''et Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.'' 16: 1022 ct 1826-Nov 1827 is a genus of tropical Asian tree species in the family Gentianaceae and the tribe Potalieae. Species may have previously been placed in the genus ''Fagraea'' and can be found in Indo-China and Malesia. Species ''Plants of the World Online'' currently includes five accepted species: * ''Cyrtophyllum caudatum'' (Ridl.) K.M.Wong * ''Cyrtophyllum fragrans'' (Roxb.) DC. (the Tembusu tree) * ''Cyrtophyllum giganteum'' (Ridl.) Ridl. * ''Cyrtophyllum lanceolatum'' DC. * ''Cyrtophyllum minutiflorum ''Cyrtophyllum''Reinwardt CGC ex Blume (1823) ''Cat. Gew. Buitenzorg (Blume)'' 47. ''et Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.'' 16: 1022 ct 1826-Nov 1827 is a genus of tropical Asian tree species in the family Gentianaceae and the tribe Potalieae. Species may ...'' K.M.Wong References External links * * {{Taxonbar, from=Q33958370 Gentianales genera Gentian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyrtophyllum Lanceolatum
''Cyrtophyllum''Reinwardt CGC ex Blume (1823) ''Cat. Gew. Buitenzorg (Blume)'' 47. ''et Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.'' 16: 1022 ct 1826-Nov 1827 is a genus of tropical Asian tree species in the family Gentianaceae and the tribe Potalieae. Species may have previously been placed in the genus ''Fagraea'' and can be found in Indo-China and Malesia. Species ''Plants of the World Online'' currently includes five accepted species: * ''Cyrtophyllum caudatum'' (Ridl.) K.M.Wong * ''Cyrtophyllum fragrans'' (Roxb.) DC. (the Tembusu tree) * ''Cyrtophyllum giganteum'' (Ridl.) Ridl. * ''Cyrtophyllum lanceolatum'' DC. * ''Cyrtophyllum minutiflorum ''Cyrtophyllum''Reinwardt CGC ex Blume (1823) ''Cat. Gew. Buitenzorg (Blume)'' 47. ''et Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.'' 16: 1022 ct 1826-Nov 1827 is a genus of tropical Asian tree species in the family Gentianaceae and the tribe Potalieae. Species may ...'' K.M.Wong References External links * * {{Taxonbar, from=Q33958370 Gentianales genera Gentian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
