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Janglot (Miliusa horsfieldii)

Janglot (Miliusa horsfieldii)

Janglot or pulet or Saccopetalum horsfieldii (Miliusa horsfieldii) is a species of plant in Annonaceae, a large tree, up to 30 meters high, straight trunk, many branches, slender habitus, round fruit, native habitat in lowland rainforests up to 200 meters elevation.

M. horsfieldii has oval-shaped leaves, sitting opposite and alternate. The blade is 15 cm long, 6 cm wide, short stalk, a main vein in the middle with many small pinnate veins. The upper side is dark green and shiny, while the lower side is pale green.



The fruits in the panicle grow in a circle. The fruit is round or slightly elongated, 3.5 cm wide, green when young and red when ripe. The fruit has a 2 cm long stalk.

TAXON

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Annonaceae
Genus: Miliusa Lesch. ex A.DC. in Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 5: 213 (1832)
Species: Miliusa horsfieldii (Benn.) Baill. ex Pierre Fl. Forest. Cochinch.: t. 38 (1881)

HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS

Saccopetalum horsfieldii Benn. in Pl. Jav. Rar.: 165 (1840)

HETEROTYPIC SYNONYMS

Alphonsea prolifica Chun & F.C.How in Acta Phytotax. Sin. 7: 1 (1958)
Miliusa arborea (Elmer) J.Sinclair in Gard. Bull. Singapore 14: 378 (1955)
Miliusa lineata (Craib) Ast in H.Lecomte (ed.), Fl. Indo-Chine, Suppl. 1: 120 (1938)
Miliusa prolifica (Chun & F.C.How) P.T.Li in Guihaia 13: 315 (1993)
Miliusa tectona Hutch. ex C.E.Parkinson in Forest Fl. Andaman Isl.: 75 (1923)
Miliusa unguiculata (C.E.C.Fisch.) J.Sinclair in Gard. Bull. Singapore 14: 378 (1955)
Saccopetalum arboreum Elmer in Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 5: 1739 (1913)
Saccopetalum lineatum Craib in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1924: 82 (1924)
Saccopetalum prolificum (Chun & F.C.How) Tsiang in Acta Phytotax. Sin. 9: 380 (1964)
Saccopetalum tectonum (Hutch. ex C.E.Parkinson) Chatterjee in Kew Bull. 3: 59 (1948)
Saccopetalum unguiculatum C.E.C.Fisch. in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1926: 454 (1926)

PUBLICATIONS

Girmansyah, D. & al. (eds.) (2013). Flora of Bali an annotated checklist: 1-158. Herbarium Bogorensis, Indonesia.

Johnson, D.M. & Murray, N.A. (eds.) (2022). Flora of Thailand 16(1): 1-332. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.

Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590. Smithsonian Institution.

Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.

Newman, M., Ketphanh, S., Svengsuksa, B., Thomas, P., Sengdala, K., Lamxay, V. & Armstrong, K. (2007). A checklist of the vascular plants of Lao PDR: 1-394. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.

Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.

Turner, I.M. (2018). Annonaceae of the Asia-Pacific region: names types and distribution. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 70: 409-744.

Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2007). Flora of Australia 2: 1-486. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.

Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2011). Flora of China 19: 1-884. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).

VERNACULAR NAME

Balinese: Pulet
English: Janglot
Indonesian: Janglot
Java: Kalak kembang

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