Biology:Strobocalyx arborea

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Strobocalyx arborea
Leaves and flowers
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Strobocalyx
Species:
S. arborea
Binomial name
Strobocalyx arborea
(Buch.-Ham.) Sch.Bip.
Synonyms[1]
  • Vernonia arborea Buch.-Ham.
  • Conyza acuminata Wall. [Invalid]
  • Flustula tomentosa Raf. [Illegitimate]
  • Gymnanthemum acuminatum Steetz
  • Leucomeris glabra Blume ex DC. [Invalid]
  • Leucomeris javanica Blume ex DC. [Invalid]
  • Vernonia arborea var. arborea
  • Vernonia arborea var. blumeana (DC.) Koord. & Valeton
  • Vernonia arborea var. glabra Koord. & Valeton
  • Vernonia blumeana DC
  • Vernonia florescens Elmer
  • Vernonia urdanetense Elmer
  • Vernonia vaniotii H.Lév.
  • Vernonia wallichii Ridl.

Strobocalyx arborea, formerly widely known by the synonym Vernonia arborea, is a species of mid-level rainforest tree in the Composite, or Daisy family Asteraceae, that is found from the Western Ghats of India and Sri Lanka, east to the East Indies and New Guinea.[1][2] This tree, and Brachylaena, are contenders for the tallest of all composite trees ("daisy trees"); plants on Sumatra (formerly distinguished as V. a. var. pilifera; locally called Maremboeng) reaching a height of 36 m (118 ft), and plants from Java (formerly distinguished as V. a. var. javanica; locally called Semboeng Kebo) can be almost as tall, to 34 m (112 ft), and at up to 104 cm (41 in) trunk diameter, is the most massive of all composites.[3] Its leaves contain a useful fungicide.[4] The leaves are alternate, ovate (but often asymmetrical), 8–25 cm long and 3–10 cm broad, with a leathery texture.[5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Strobocalyx arborea (Buch.-Ham.) Sch.Bip.". https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:251873-1. 
  2. ↑ "Vernonia arborea - ASTERACEAE". http://www.biotik.org/india/species/v/vernarbo/vernarbo_en.html. 
  3. ↑ Koster, Joséphine Th. (1935-05-25). "The Compositae of the Malay Archipelago". Blumea 1 (3): 351–539 (V. arborea: 382–397). https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.18501/page/n393/mode/2up?view=theater. 
  4. ↑ Krishna Kumari, G; Masilamani, S; Ganesh, M. R.; Aravind, S; Sridhar, S. R. (2003). "Zaluzanin D: A fungistatic sesquiterpene from Vernonia arborea". Fitoterapia 74 (5): 479–82. doi:10.1016/S0367-326X(03)00054-6. PMID 12837366. 
  5. ↑ "Vernonia arborea". 2025-03-27. https://www.nparks.gov.sg/florafaunaweb/flora/4/8/4825. 

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