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| Pterocymbium | |
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| Seeds of Pterocymbium tinctorium | |
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| P. tinctorium taken in Pesawaran Regency, Sumatra | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Subfamily: | Sterculioideae |
| Genus: | Pterocymbium R.Br. (1844) |
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Pterocymbium[1] is a genus in the family Malvaceae: in the subfamily Sterculioideae and previously placed in the Sterculiaceae.[2] In Indonesia, P. tinctorium (Kelumbuk) is a significant timber tree.
Species
[edit]Plants of the World Online currently (2025) accepts 12 species.[3]
- Pterocymbium beccarii K.Schum. – New Guinea
- Pterocymbium dongnaiense Pierre – Laos and Vietnam§
- Pterocymbium dussaudii Tardieu – Laos
- Pterocymbium macranthum Kosterm. – Thailand and Myanmar
- Pterocymbium micranthum Mildbr. – Bismarck Archipelago
- Pterocymbium oceanicum A.C.Sm. – Fiji
- Pterocymbium parviflorum Merr. – Borneo
- Pterocymbium splendens Kosterm. – Borneo
- Pterocymbium stipitatum C.T.White & W.D.Francis – New Guinea
- Pterocymbium tinctorium (Blanco) Merr. – Indo-China, Malesia (including Philippines)
- Pterocymbium tubulatum (Mast.) Pierre – Peninsular Malaysia
- Pterocymbium viridiflorum Teijsm. & Binn. ex Koord. – Sulawesi
§ In Viet Nam the name for this genus is Dực nang with two species listed:[4]
- P. dongnaiense Pierre: Dực nang Ðồng nai
- P. tinctorium (Blanco) Merr.: Dực nang nhuộm
Both are deciduous trees, approximately 25 m high, found in tropical forests.
References
[edit]- ↑ Brown R (1844) Pl. Jav. Rar. (Bennett) 219. t. 45.
- ↑ Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2014). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ↑ "Pterocymbium R.Br". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
- ↑ Phạm Hoàng Hộ (1999) Cây Cỏ Việt Nam: an Illustrated Flora of Vietnam vol. I publ. Nhà Xuẩt Bản Trẻ, HCMC, VN
External links
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Media related to Pterocymbium at Wikimedia Commons- POWO: Pterocymbium
