Melicope glabra

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| genus = Melicope

| species = glabra

| authority = (Blume) T.G.Hartley

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| Ampacus glabra | (Blume) Kuntze

| Euodia glabra | (Blume) Blume

| Fagara glabra | Blume

| Euodia kingii | Engl.

| Euodia krukovii | Merr.

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Melicope glabra is a tree in the family Rutaceae. The specific epithet {{lang|la|glabra}} is from the Latin meaning 'hairless'.

Description

Melicope glabra grows up to {{convert|40|m|-1}} tall. The fruits are round to elliptic and measure up to {{convert|0.4|cm|in|1|abbr=on}} long. Its leaves have 3 leaflets each, obovate 10-16 centimeters long.

Its flowers have each 4-5 stamens in large panicles.

Distribution and habitat

Melicope glabra grows naturally in Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Java and Borneo. Its habitat is primary forest from sea-level to {{convert|500|m|-2}} altitude, sometimes to {{convert|1900|m|-2}}.

References

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{{cite iucn | author1 = IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group | author2 = Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) | name-list-style = amp | title = Melicope glabra | page = e.T215235959A215235961 | year = 2022 | access-date = 15 December 2023}}

{{cite POWO | title = Melicope glabra | id = 979136-1 | access-date = 15 December 2023}}

{{cite book | last = Jones | first = David T. | date = 1995 | contribution = Melicope glabra (Blume) T.G.Hartley | contribution-url = http://www.chm.frim.gov.my/backup/TFSSvol1_3.pdf | editor1-last = Soepadmo | editor1-first = E. | editor2-last = Wong | editor2-first = K. M. | title = Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak | volume = 1 | pages = 390 | publisher = Forest Research Institute Malaysia | isbn = 983-9592-34-3 | url = http://www.chm.frim.gov.my/Resources/Publications/Books/Floras/Tree-Flora-of-Sabah-and-Sarawak.aspx | version = (free online from the publisher, lesser resolution scan PDF versions) | accessdate = 16 March 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130927074942/http://www.chm.frim.gov.my/Resources/Publications/Books/Floras/Tree-Flora-of-Sabah-and-Sarawak.aspx | archive-date = 27 September 2013 | url-status = dead }}

{{Cite book|title=The Concise Flora of Singapore|last=Hsuan Keng|last2=Ro-Siu Ling Keng Keng|publisher=NUS Press|year=1990|isbn=9971-69-135-3|volume=2: Gymnosperms and Dicotyledons|pages=97|chapter=Euodia glabra}}

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glabra

Category:Trees of Malaya

Category:Trees of Java

Category:Trees of Borneo

Category:Trees of Sumatra

Category:Plants described in 1823