Poranopsis paniculata
Nomenclature
Poranopsis paniculata (Roxb.) Roberty, Candollea 14: 26. 1952.
Porana paniculata Roxb., Pl. Coromandel 3: 31. tab. 235. [May 1815] 1819. — Dinetus paniculatus (Roxb.) Sweet, Hort. brit. 289. 1827. TYPE: India, Calcutta Botanic Garden, Roxburgh s.n. sub Wallich Catalogue 1325E (lectotype: K-W; probable isolectotypes: BR, OXF).
Porana tomentosa Lesch. ex Choisy, Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 6: 489. 1834. nomen pro syn., invalid under Article 34.
Description
Staples, G.W. 2006. Blumea 51: 403–491.
Cytology
Manitz, H. 1983. Wiss. Z. Friederich-Schiller-Univ. Jena, Math.-Naturwiss. Reihe 32: 915–944.
Biogeography, Ecology and Natural History
South of the Himalayas in Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet, Bangladesh, and Myanmar (Map).
Forests, scrub
thickets, subtropical jungles, open plains, and around human habitations. Soil
types have been recorded as rocky, stony, conglomerate and limestone (in a
subtropical jungle habitat); from sea level to 2000 m.
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Flowering specimens |
9 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
20 |
40 |
15 |
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Fruiting specimens |
2 |
3 |
8 |
5 |
1 |
Staples, G.W. 2006. Blumea 51: 403–491.
Poranopsis paniculata is widely cultivated as an ornamental throughout the tropical regions of the world. The first report of its cultivation dates from 1799, in the botanical garden of the British East India Company at Calcutta. It is now found throughout the tropical regions of the world. However the large size and expansive habit of the plant limit its popularity with horticulturalists.