Gluta macrocarpa
species of plant
Gluta macrocarpa is a flowering plant in the family Anacardiaceae. It is native to Southeast Asia.
Description
Gluta macrocarpa grows as a tree up to 36 m (120 ft) tall with a trunk diameter of up to 55 cm (22 in). There are buttress roots up to 1.5 m (5 ft) high. The bark is brown to grey and produces latex. The leaves are elliptic or oblanceolate and measure up to 7.5 cm (3 in) long and up to 5 cm (2 in) wide, occasionally to 25 cm (10 in) long. The flowers are in panicles. The roundish fruits are black to purple and measure up to 4 cm (1.6 in) wide.
Taxonomy
Gluta macrocarpa was first described as Melanorrhoea macrocarpa by German botanist Adolf Engler in Monographiae phanerogamarum in 1883. In 1978, Dutch botanist Ding Hou transferred the species to the genus Gluta.
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