Biology:Goniothalamus grandiflorus
| Goniothalamus grandiflorus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Magnoliales |
| Family: | Annonaceae |
| Genus: | Goniothalamus |
| Species: | G. grandiflorus
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| Binomial name | |
| Goniothalamus grandiflorus (Warb.) Boerl.
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| Synonyms | |
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Beccariodendron grandiflorum Warb. | |
Goniothalamus grandiflorus is a species of rainforest tree in the Custard Apple Family Annonaceae. It is native to New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.[1] It was first formally described by Otto Warburg, a German-Jewish botanist, using the basionym Beccariodendron grandiflorum after its big, dark red flowers.[2] These flowers are borne directly on the trunk and major branches (cauliflory), the largest of all cauliflorous flowers.
Description
It is a tree with gray smooth branches. Its young branches have rust colored hairs. Its petioles are 1 centimeters long. Its hairless, elliptical to oblong leaves are 20-25 by 8-9 centimeters with tips that taper to a short point and bases that come to a shallow point. The upper surface of leaves are bright colored while the undersides are paler. The leaves have 9-12 pairs of secondary veins emanating from their midribs. Its flowers are on 15 millimeter long pedicels. Its 3 sepals are 10 millimeters wide and 15 millimeters long and are conjoined at their margins for 5 millimeters at their base. The sepals come to a shallow point. Its flowers have 6 petals in two whorls of 3. The outer petals are 13 centimeters long (occasionally as much as seven inches (17 centimeters) in length)[3] and 12 millimeters wide. The inner surface of the outer petals have brown hairs. The inner petals are 15 by 15 millimeters. Its anthers are 2 millimeters long. Each of its flowers produces a multiple fruit, consisting of many carpels, each with 4-6 ovules. The large fruit consists of up to 40 oval, brown, wrinkled berries. each developing from one carpel, on short stalks, resembling a cluster of large grapes. Each berry in the fruit has 4-6 seeds.[2][4]
Reproductive biology
The pollen of G. grandiflorus is shed as permanent tetrads.[5]
Uses
Bioactive molecules extracted from its bark, leaves and flowers have been reported to have antibacterial activity against both Gram negative and Gram positive bacteria.[6]
References
- ↑ "Goniothalamus grandiflorus (Warb.) Boerl.". The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d.. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:73198-1.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Warburg, O (1891). "Beiträge zur Kenntnis der papuanischen Flora" (in German, Latin). Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 13: 230–455. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/671.
- ↑ "Flora of the Solomon Islands", Kew Bulletin # 102 (June-July 1895)Issue No. CCCCLXI
- ↑ Boerlage, J.G. (1899). "Notes sur Les Anonacées du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg" (in French). Icones Bogorienses. 1. Leiden: E. J. Brill. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/155664.
- ↑ Walker, James W. (1971). "Pollen Morphology, Phytogeography, and Phylogeny of the Annonaceae". Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University 202: 1–130.
- ↑ Khan, M.R.; Komine, K.; Omoloso, A.D. (2008). "Antimicrobial Activity of Goniothalamus Grandiflorous". Pharmaceutical Biology 37 (5): 340–342. doi:10.1076/phbi.37.5.340.6049. ISSN 1388-0209.
Wikidata ☰ Q15358879 entry
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