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Species: Mostuea brunonis Didr. var. brunonis Date: 2004-01-15 Location: Bunga Forest, Vumba Habitat: Understorey shrub in montane forest
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Barnett's Woods State Natural Area, Montgomery County, Tennessee, US
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Tasmania, Australia
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Popovkin 667 (HUEFS)
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This species is listed as vulnerable under the Tasmanian Threatened Species Protection Act (at Dec 2013)
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Family: LoganiaceaeDistribution: Common in dry deciduous forests in India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and China.5-8m tll deciduous trees. Stem bark ash colored, smooth.Leaves 5-8x3-5cm orbicular-ovate, coriaceous, base attenuate, entire, 3 nerves prominenet.Flowers 2-2.5 cm long, 5-8mm across, greenish yellow or greenish white,in short axillary cymes. Berries 3-5 cm across, pericarp thick, hard,orrange when ripe,pulp white, seeds 2 ashy-grey, compressed.Stem bark is used as fish poison, seeds are used in ulcers, dysentry and fevers. Fruit is poisonous.Photographed at Eastern ghats of Nellore district.Ref: Flora of Presidency of Madras, by J.S.Gamble.
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Bahia, Brazil
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Family: LoganiaceaeDistribution: Found in the forests of foot hills of Peninsular India and Sri Lanka.4-6m deciduous trees. Bark blackish-brown, deeply cracked; Leaves opposite, elliptic, acute, coriaceous, 4-6x2-3.5cm, nerves about 4 pairs, second pair of nerves joining to the mid rib ; Flowers creamy white, 4-6mm across, in 3-5cm long axillary cymes. Calyx5, corolla tube and lobes equal , throat with wooly tomentum, stamens 5 adnate to the corolla tube, filaments short, ovary 2 celled, stigma bifid, Fruit a globose berry with 2 seeds. Photographed at Velugonda hills of Eastern ghats. Vernacular name-Telugu- ChillaRef: Flora of Presidency of Madras -J.S.Gamble.
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Photo taken in or near Amani Nature ReserveEast Usambara Mountains, TanzaniaBy Post-Production by J. Quicho
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Schizacme archeri (cushion mitrewort) going to seed on Walled Mountain, Cradle Mountain-Lake St. Clair National Park, Tasmania. On cliff edges this species formed quite extensive mats.
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Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
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Lower Sabie, Mpumalanga, South Africa
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Antonia ovata PohlLOGANIACEAELocal: Parque Ecolgico Dom Bosco, Braslia, Brasil.Ref.: Medeiros, J.D. Guia de campo: vegetao do Cerrado 500 espcies. MMA, 2011.
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Strychnos pseudoquina A.St.-Hil.LOGANIACEAELocal: Parque Nacional da Serra do Cip, Minas Gerais, Brasil.Ref.: Silva Jr., M.C. 100 rvores do Cerrado. Rede de Sementes do Cerrado, 2005.
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KmakahalaLoganiaceae (Logania family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Oahu, Molokai, and rare on Lnai)Kaala Natural Area Reserve, OahuLabordia is an endemic Hawaiian genus of 17 species.Early Hawaiians used kmakahala in lei work and were highly prized. According to "N Lei Makamae--The Treasured Lei"*: "On Kauai, lei kmakahala was not worn by commoners but was reserved for the adornment of alii nui."Ka pua o kmakahalaKa punihei o ka manaoMeaole ke ana iliwaiKa loa a me la laulA loaa oe iauKa pili a ka puuwaiEnglish translation:The flower kmakahalaEnsnares my thoughtsSurveying the land is nothing to meIts breath and width I will travelUntil I have youFor I am the one who will hold you to my heart--Pualani Kanakaole Kanahele_____* Marie A. McDonald & Paul R. Weissich, University of Hawaii Press, 2003Habit
www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/19366266123/in/photolist...EtymologyThe generic name Labordia is named after M. Laborde, a marine officer who died at sea on the voyage of the Uraine.The specific epithet is named for Waiolani, Oahu, where the type was found in "deep shady ravines."
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Powranna, Tasmania, Australia
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Western Australia, Australia
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States