Homalium brevidens

Homalium brevidens is a shrub or tree species in the family Salicaceae, found in Laos and Cambodia.[3]

Homalium brevidens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Salicaceae
Genus: Homalium
Species:
H. brevidens
Binomial name
Homalium brevidens
Gagnep., Notul. Syst. (Paris) 3: 247 (1916)[1][2]

It grows 2-6m tall, with simple broad leaves, and is found in flooded forests in Cambodia.[4][5] These forests, also known as swamp forests, is a community where the trees are usually 7-15(-20)m tall, that occurs along the shores of the lake Tonle Sap and nearby rivers, and is flooded to a maximum of 4-6m of water for up to 8 months per year. The 2 main species of tree in these forests are Barringtonia acutangula and Diospyros cambodiana, with H. brevidens one of the other common tree species.[6] On islands of the Mekong, in Steung Treng and Kratie provinces, north-central Cambodia, the tree occurs with medium abundance in the Riverine Strand vegetation zone (last to be flooded, first to be exposed).[7] Here it contributes to a closed canopy, growing above metamorphic sandstone bedrock at an elevation of 25-30m above sea level. On these islands it flowers from June to July, and fruits from September to October.

The plant is known as rotèang or stiëw in Khmer.[4] Wood from the shrub is used to make charcoal, its bark is used to caulk boats.

References

  1. "Homalium brevidens Gagnep., Notul. Syst. (Paris) 3: 247 (1916)". International Plant Name Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  2. Applequist, Wendy L. (2013). "A nomenclator for Homalium (Salicaceae)" (PDF). Skvortsovia. Russian Academy of Sciences. 1 (1): 12–74. ISSN 2309-6500. S2CID 86022961. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  3. "Homalium brevidens Gagnep". Plants of the World Online (POWO). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  4. Pauline Dy Phon (2000). Plants Utilised In Cambodia/Plantes utilisées au Cambodge. Phnom Penh: Imprimerie Olympic. p. 346.
  5. "Homalium brevidens". EOL, Encyclopedia of Life. eol.org. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  6. Campbell, Ian C.; Poole, Colin; Giesen, Wim; Valbo-Jorgensen, John (2006). "Species diversity and ecology of Tonle Sap Great Lake, Cambodia" (PDF). Aquatic Sciences. 68 (3): 355–73. doi:10.1007/s00027-006-0855-0. S2CID 28804535. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  7. Maxwell, James F. (2009). "Vegetation and vascular flora of the Mekong River, Kratie and Steung Treng Provinces, Cambodia" (PDF). Maejo International Journal of Science and Technology. 3 (1): 143–211. ISSN 1905-7873. Retrieved 22 April 2020.


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