Macaranga tanarius

Kingdom: Plantae

Divisi: Magnoliphyta

Classis: Magnoliopsida

Order: Malphigiales

Family: Euphobiaceae

Genus: Macaranga

Species: Macaranga tanarius (L.) Mull. Arg.

Local name: Mara

Evergreen, dioecious, small to medium-sized tree up to 20 m tall, usually much shorter; bole straight, up to 50 to 70 cm in diameter. Branches rather thick, glaucous, pubescent when young. Trunk seldom exceeding 30 cm diameter. Outer bark is covered with narrow, brittle, brownish stripes. Leaves simple, alternate; suborbicular, 8-32 cm x 5-28 cm, rounded at the base, acuminate at the apex, entire, sometimes denticulate or slightly lobed, with distinct veins; petiole 6-27 cm long, attached to the blade on the underside, with large caducous stipules at the base. Flowers in axillary, paniculate inflorescences, composed of bracts enclosing clusters of flowers; male flowers minute, many in a cluster with (3-)5-6(-10) stamens; female flowers few in a cluster, with a subovoid, glandular, two-celled ovary and two large stigmas. Fruit a bicoccus capsule, about 1 cm in diameter, with long, soft prickles, yellowish, glandular outside. Seeds globose, about 5 mm in diameter, rugose.

Benefit: source of medicine

Location: UPI Swimming Arena

Synonyms:

• Croton laccifer Blanco
• Croton lacciferus Blanco
• Macaranga tanarius var. brevibracteata Müll.Arg.
• Macaranga tanarius var. glabra F.Muell.
• Macaranga tanarius var. tomentosa (Blume) Müll.Arg.
• Macaranga tomentosa (Blume) Druce
• Macaranga vulcanica Elmer ex Merr.
• Mappa moluccana Wight
• Mappa tanarius (L.) Blume
• Mappa tomentosa Blume
• Ricinus tanarius L.
• Rottlera tanarius (L.) Hassk.
• Rottlera tomentosa (Blume) Hassk.