Huberantha cerasoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Annonaceae
Genus: Huberantha
Species:
H. cerasoides
Binomial name
Huberantha cerasoides
(Roxb.) Chaowasku
Synonyms
  • Guatteria bifaria A.DC.
  • Guatteria cerasoides (Roxb.) Dunal
  • Hubera cerasoides (Roxb.) Chaowasku
  • Polyalthia bifaria (A.DC.) Hook.f. & Thomson
  • Polyalthia cerasoides (Roxb.) Bedd.
  • Polyalthia crassipetala Merr.
  • Unona cerasoides (Roxb.) Baill.
  • Uvaria cerasoides Roxb.

Huberantha cerasoides[1] (synonym Polyalthia cerasoides)[2] is a species of trees in the family Annonaceae and tribe Miliuseae. It is the type species of the relatively new genus Huberantha.

It has been recorded from Hainan island in China, Indo-China, India, and Sri Lanka.[2]

Description

This is a small tree species with yellow flowers and single-seeded fruit,[3] in clusters (see illustrations).

Vernacular names

This species is known as "පට්ට උල් කෙන්ද - patta ul kenda" in Sinhala Language and quần đầu trái tròn in Vietnamese.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Chaowasku T (2015) Kew Bull. 70(2)-23: 2.
  2. 1 2 Plants of the World Online (POWO): Huberantha cerasoides (Roxb.) Chaowasku (retrieved 8 April 2020)
  3. 1 2 Phạm Hoàng Hộ (1999) Cây Cỏ Việt Nam: an Illustrated Flora of Vietnam vol. I (entry: 1024) publ. Nhà Xuẩt Bản Trẻ, HCMC, VN.
  • Ravikumar YS, Mahadevan KM, Kumaraswamy MN, et al. (September 2008). "Antioxidant, cytotoxic and genotoxic evaluation of alcoholic extract of Polyalthia cerasoides (Roxb.) Bedd". Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology. 26 (2): 142–6. doi:10.1016/j.etap.2008.03.001. PMID 21783902.
  • Kanokmedhakul S, Kanokmedhakul K, Lekphrom R (September 2007). "Bioactive constituents of the roots of Polyalthia cerasoides". Journal of Natural Products. 70 (9): 1536–8. doi:10.1021/np070293a. PMID 17845001.
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