''Huberantha cerasoides''
[Chaowasku T (2015) ''Kew Bull.'' 70(2)-23: 2.] (synonym ''
Polyalthia
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[Plants of the World Online (POWO): ''Huberantha cerasoides'' (Roxb.) Chaowasku (retrieved 8 April 2020)]
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s in the family Annonaceae
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and tribe
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Miliuseae
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Tribes and Genera
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. It is the type species
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of the relatively new genus ''Huberantha
''Huberantha'' is a genus of plants in the family Annonaceae and tribe Miliuseae. It is distributed in Australia, tropical Asia, East Africa and some Pacific islands. Tanawat Chaowasku named the genus "Huber's flowers" in honor of the German bot ...
''.
It has been recorded from Hainan
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island in China, Indo-China
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, India
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, and Sri Lanka
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Description
This is a small tree species with yellow flowers and single-seeded fruit,[ in clusters (see illustrations).
Polyalthia cerasoides flowers.jpg
Polyalthia cerasoides leaves.jpg
Ripe fruits of (Polyalthia cerasoides) jungle berries at Kambalakonda.jpg
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Vernacular names
This species is known as "පට්ට උල් කෙන්ද - patta ul kenda" in Sinhala Language
Sinhala ( ; , ''siṁhala'', ), sometimes called Sinhalese (), is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language primarily spoken by the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka, who make up the largest ethnic group on the island, numbering about 16 milli ...
and ''quần đầu trái tròn'' in Vietnamese
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** A citizen of Vietnam. See Demographics of Vietnam.
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.[Phạm Hoàng Hộ (1999) ''Cây Cỏ Việt Nam: an Illustrated Flora of Vietnam'' vol. I (entry: 1024) publ. Nhà Xuẩt Bản Trẻ, HCMC, VN.]
References
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External links
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* http://www.biotik.org/laos/species/p/polce/polce_en.html
* http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=600&taxon_id=200008574
* http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/249383
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cerasoides
Flora of tropical Asia
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