Kingdom: Plantae
Divisi: Magnoliphyta
Classis: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malphigiales
Family: Euphobiaceae
Genus: Manihot
Species: Manihot glaziovii Mul. Arg.
Local name: Singkong karet
Stem: Usually
a shrub or small tree to 6 m tall but may grow to 20 m. Root tubers
absent. Bark silvery
grey, flaky. Copious milky exudate flows
from cut stems.
Leaves: Stipules lanceolate,
ca. 5 mm long. Leaves bluish-green, petioles often reddish; deeply
palmatipartite, 3-5 lobed, the lobes broadly ovate, obovate or obovate-lanceolate,
4-15 cm long, 2-9.5 cm wide; discolorous with underneath paler; tip obtuse to
rounded; base attenuate to
rounded. Milky exudate flows
from cut leaves.
Flowers: Male
flowers: pedicels 7-9 mm long; calyx lobes
triangular, 8-9 mm long, ca. 6 mm wide, tube 6-7 mm long. Female flowers:
pedicels 8-15 mm long; calyx lobes lanceolate,
ca. 12 mm long, 3.5-4 mm wide.
Synonym: Manihot carthaginensis subsp. glaziovii
Location: Isola Resort
Benefit: a source of rubber, medical plant
Comments
Post a Comment