Mitragyna diversifolia

Mitragyna diversifolia
Illustrated as "Stephegyne diversifolia"
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Asterids
Order:Gentianales
Family:Rubiaceae
Genus:Mitragyna
Species: M. diversifolia
Binomial name
Mitragyna diversifolia
Synonyms

Stephegyne tubulosa Fern.-Vill.
Stephegyne parvifolia Vidal
Stephegyne diversifolia (Wall. ex G.Don) Hook.f.
Stephegyne diversifolia (Wall. ex G.Don) Brandis
Nauclea diversifolia Wall. ex G.Don
Nauclea adina Blanco
Mitragyna javanica Koord. & Valeton
Mamboga capitata Blanco

Mitragyna diversifolia[2] is a tree species in the family Rubiaceae and found in Asia.[3][4] The Catalogue of Life lists no subspecies.[3]

Description

Mitragyna diversifolia is a deciduous under-story tree, that reaches up to 15 m in height. The branches are angled and cylindrical. The leaves are ovate-oblong to elliptic-ovate, averaging 146 × 93 mm in size, obtuse apex to shortly acuminate. The yellow corolla has white lobes. The fruit in the form of a capsule of 3–4 mm.[5]

Distribution

It is distributed through the forests of China (Yunnan), Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Burma, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.

References

  1. ↑ The Plant List: Mitragyna diversifolia (accessed 3/6/2013
  2. ↑ Haviland GD (1897) Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 33: 71.
  3. 1 2 Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2014). Didžiulis V., ed. "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  4. ↑ WCSP: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  5. ↑ Mitragyna diversifolia in Flora of China
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