Kayea ferruginea

Kayea ferruginea
Kayea ferruginea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Calophyllaceae
Genus: Kayea
Species: K. ferruginea
Binomial name
Kayea ferruginea
Pierre
Synonyms

Mesua ferruginea
(Pierre) Kosterm.

Kayea ferruginea is a plant belonging to Calophyllaceae family;[1] It was renamed as Mesua ferruginea and references from 1980s refer to K. ferruginea as Mesua ferruginea.

It is a small riverine species of Southeast Asia.

The distribution of this species has been recorded (Ridley, 1922) in Eastern Johore, Sungei Endau southwards, Pahang, Ayer Etam, Kelantan, Temangan and far ranging Andamans.

The fruits are 6 cm across, enveloped in four loose leathery fleshy sepals. Flowers found in short, axillary panicles and leaves are elliptic of 8 x 3 to 12 x 4.5 cm size.

The local or common name has been referred to as Sembawang tree in a paper (Ridley and Curtis, 1897) and thus comes the name of a park in northern shore of Singapore - Sembawang Park

Sources

  1. ^ Stephens, P.F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 9, June 2008. http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/

1. Ridley, H. N. (1922) Kayea ferruginea Pierre in Flora (1) and Tree flora of Malaya Vol. 2 (1973) For department of Ministry of primary industries, Malaysia page no.230

2. Ridley, H. N. and Curtis, C., (1897) Article in the Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society No. 30


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