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Flacourtia rukam Zoll. & Moritzi

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Flacourtia rukam Tree (Hidayat & Abdurrahman, 2017) Flacourtia rukam Leaves (Hidayat & Abdurrahman, 2017) Flacourtia rukam Fruit (Hidayat & Abdurrahman, 2017) Regnum   : Plantae Division   : Magnoliophyta Classis     : Magnoliopsida Ordo        : Malpighiales Familia    : Salicaceae / Flacouritiaceae Genus      :  Flacourtia Species    :  Flacourtia rukam Zoll. & Moritzi Description Small or medium sized trees, about 4-15 m tall, usually armed with simple and branched spines on the trunk, spines up to 10 cm long, branches with sympodial growth. Native of Indonesia and the distribution is around southeast asia and tropical area.  Leaves simple, alternate, ovate-oblong, oblong-elliptic, about 5-18 x 3-8 cm across, base cuneate to rounded, sometimes 3-5 pliveined, margin coarsely serrate-crenate, apex acute to shallow acuminate, leaves often clustered towards apices, lateral veins 4-9 on either side of the midrib, impressed above a

Flacourtia inermis Roxb. (Flacourtiaceae)

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Flacourtia inermis Tree (Hidayat & Abdurrahman, 2017) Leaves of  Flacourtia inermis  (Hidayat & Abdurrahman, 2017) Flacourtia inermis  Fruits (Hidayat & Abdurrahman, 2017) Regnum   : Plantae Division   : Magnoliophyta Classis     : Magnoliopsida Ordo        : Malpighiales Familia    : Salicaceae / Flacouritiaceae Genus      : Flacourtia Species    :  Flacourtia inermis Roxb. (Flacourtiaceae) Description Flacourtia inermis  is a native plant from eastern Indonesia and distibute in tropical area in primary-secondary rainforest. Perrenial and growth until 15 m or more. hvae bark smooth and the wood is hard with grey pathces.  Leaves oval shaped with serrate leaf margin (5- 20cm long and 2,5-9 cm wide). Have spiral Arrangement and tend to hang down from the branches. Young leaves is orang.red colored.  The flower is cluster 2-8, unscented flower and 3-5 mm diameter. The flower have greenish yellow sepal and approximately free-