Uvaria dulcis
Uvaria dulcis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Magnoliids |
Order: | Magnoliales |
Family: | Annonaceae |
Genus: | Uvaria |
Species: | U. dulcis
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Binomial name | |
Uvaria dulcis | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Uvaria dulcis is a species of woody climber in the Annonaceae family. It is found in tropical Asia, in a disjunctive distribution, eastern Indonesia, Jawa, and then Mainland Southeast Asia. The plant has an edible fruit, which in Khmer language has the colourful name triël dâhs krabéi (="triel of the buffalo udders").
Taxonomy
Phylogenetic analysis indicated that this species in a well-supported clade with Uvaria ferruginea and Uvaria siamensis and a weak clade with Uvaria hahnii[2][3] The most recent taxonomic analysis (2018) shows for taxonomic traits (anatomical features), the species is in a clade with Uvaria cuneifolia and Uvaria pauciovulata, and these are in a clade with U. hahnii, U. ferruginea, and U. siamensis.[4] However their dna analysis showed U. dulcis in a clade with Uvaria dasoclema and U. ferruginea, embedded in a clade with U. hahnii.
The species was named by the French botanist Michel Félix Dunal (1789-1856), in 1817.[1][5] He was chair of natural history at the University of Montpellier for 40 years. He described the taxa in the work Monographie de la famille des anonacées.[6] The taxa was known as Anomianthus heterocarpus from 1858, as described by the Swiss botanist
Description
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Distribution
The species is native to a disjunctive area, covering parts of
Habitat and ecology
Often found in scrub vegetation, but most common in disturbed moist forests (in which it can form large patches of population).[4] Common in the lower rainfall areas of central Jawa and northeastern Thailand.
Within the
Vernacular names
- nom maew son {Thai language}[10]
- triël dâhs krabéi (="triel of the buffalo udders", Khmer language)[8]
Uses
The fruit, the same size as buffalo udders (see #Vernacular names), are much appreciated as a snack or titbit in Cambodia, and are sold in the market in March and April.[8]
In Thai traditional medicine, a water decoction of the plant has been used as fever treatment and as to promote milk production.[10]
References
- ^ a b c "Uvaria dulcis Dunal". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ . Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ S2CID 86165339. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ S2CID 91494088. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ "Uvaria dulcis Dunal, Mon. Anon. 90. t. 13". International Plant Name Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- OCLC 5967078. Retrieved 9 April 2021 – via WorldCat.
- ^ Maxwell, J.F. (1975). "Taxonomic notes on the vascular plants of Sam Lan Forest Saraburi and Khao Khieo Reserve, Si Racha, Chon Buri". Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany). Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ a b c Pauline Dy Phon (2000). Plants Utilised In Cambodia/Plantes utilisées au Cambodge. Phnom Penh: Imprimerie Olympic. pp. 14, 15.
- ^ Maxwell, J.F. (1980). "Vegetation of Khao Khieo Game Sanctuary, Chonburi Province, Thailand" (PDF). Nat. Hist. Bull. Siam Soc. 28: 9–24. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ a b Promchaia, Thanika; with five others. "(R)-3-(8'-Hydroxyfarnesyl)-indole and other chemical constituents from the flowers of Anomianthus dulcis and their antimalarial and cytotoxic activities". University of Wollongong: Research Online: Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: Part B. Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health, University of Wollongong. Retrieved 9 April 2021.