Cynometra ramiflora

 

 

 

학명 : Cynometra ramiflora L.

분류 : 콩과(Fabaceae)

 

학명 풀이

Cynometra : Greek words "kynos" which means "a dog" and "metra" which means "womb" and they refer to the shape of the fruit pod

ramiflora : rāmus (“branch”) +‎ flōs (“flower”),

 

 

사진 : 2023.03.18 서울식물원

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wikipdeia 설명

 

A tree in the family Fabaceae, Cynometra ramiflora is found in mangroves and flooded forests from New Caledonia in the western Pacific west to Queensland in Australia, New Guinea, Island Southeast Asia, and Tropical Asia as far west as India. Its wood is used for construction and fuel, and parts of plant are ascribed medicinal use.

 

Etymology

The epithet of the species, ramiflora refers to the ramiflorous inflorescences, deriving from the Latin rami- (pertaining to branches) and -florus (flowered).[6]

 

Description

The tree grows up to 10-20 m tall.[7] The trunks dbh is up to 60 cm, it can be buttressed(지지하다) or multistemmed, and has a red blaze(불) (longitudinal cut exposure of bark).[6][8] Leaves are compound with one, rarely two, pairs of leaflets. New leaves are pink. Lateral veins form loops well inside blade margin. Inflorescence axis is up to 20 mm long, up to 20-flowered, petal are white. Fruit is an asymmetrical, roughly globose nut, roughly 45 × 39 × 34 mm, rust brown and woody, solitary seed. Flowering while in cultivation has been recorded in August and October, fruiting has been recorded in Queensland in October and in cultivation in May.

 

In Australia, C. ramiflora can be distinguished from other Cynometra species by the glabrous rachis and petiolules of the leaves (though these are minutely hairy or glabrescent on Christmas Island), the globose fruit with a small beak near the apex of the dorsal side, and by the pink new leaves.[6]

 

Habitat

Cynometra ramiflora grows on both rocky and sandy seashores, besides tidal rivers, on the landward side of mangrove forests, and in inland forests up to 400 m elevation.[1] It is particularly found in environments that experience flooding or high soil moisture. It is found in primary, secondary and disturbed forests. In the native limestone forest of the island of Saipan (largest of the Northern Mariana Islands), it is co-dominant in the canopy with Pisonia grandis and, along with Guamia mariannae, it is most common in the understorey.[9] At Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, and Christmas Island it grows in mangrove forest and adjacent rainforest, particularly seasonally flooded areas, at elevation from sea level to 20 m.[8] In Cambodia it grows in back-mangrove forests and freshwater flooded forests.[7]

 

 

 

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