Morinda citrifolia

檄樹

Morinda citrifolia L.

名彙資訊

特徵描述

典藏標本

數位照片

分布位置

相關資訊

名彙資訊

學名發表文獻

L., Species Plantarum 1: 176. 1753. (Sp. Pl.)

台灣首次記錄發表文獻

Matsum., The Botanical magazine, Tokyo 15: 14. 1901. (Bot. Mag. Tokyo)

異名

無

各語言俗名

中

海巴戟天.
英

Indian mulberry.
日

やえやまあおき.
原

Tarro kk.
台

Chhun kun. Chúi tang koe.

參考文獻

Yeh-Ching Liu, Fu-Yuan Lu & Chern-Hsiung Ou, Trees of Taiwan revised . 1994. (Tr. Taiwan rev. ed.)
Yang, A list of plants in Taiwan . 1982. (List Pl. Taiwan)

特徵描述

生活型

tree

形態特徵

A small tree; branchlets glabrous.
Leaves broadly elliptic, elliptic or oblong, (7.5-)l4.1–20.9(–22.5) cm long, (4.8-)6.3–11.2(–14.2) cm broad, apex acute or acuminate, base cuneate, glabrous on both surfaces; petioles 0.5–1.7 cm long.
Inflorescence in axillary globose head; peduncles l.0–2.5 cm long. Flowers white, 0.5–1.5 cm long, bisexual, solitary, sessile; calyx truncate; corolla funnelform, glabrous outside, the throat hairy, 4–5-lobed; stamens on the mouth of the corolla, filaments 3 mm long, anthers linear-oblong; style l2 mm long, stigma 2-lobed.
Fruits as large as a hen's egg, 3.0–7.5 cm long, 2.8–5.6 cm in diam., white at maturity.

分布

台灣 : along the seashore of the Hengchun Peninsula and adjacent islands.
世界 : Tropical Asia, Australia and Polynesia.

引證標本

PINGTUNG: Hsiaoliukiu Island, Hosokawa 1974; Kenting, Huang & Kao 613; Manchou, Hwang s.n. Mar 1991. TAITUNG: Lanyu Island, Hongtou, Wang 3499, Tungching, Yang et al. 10000.