Systematic reinstatement of the Sumatra endemic species Mangifera sumatrana Miq. (Anacardiaceae)
Author
Fitmawati, Fitmawati
Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Riau, Pekanbaru, Riau, 28293, Indonesia
fitmawati2008@yahoo.com
Author
Juliantari, Erwina
Plant Biology Graduate Program, Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences IPB University, Jl. Raya Dramaga, Bogor, West Java, 16680, Indonesia
Author
Silvia, Mega
Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Riau, Pekanbaru, Riau, 28293, Indonesia
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2022-06-09
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.199.80727
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.199.80727
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Mangifera sumatrana Miq. first published in Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(2): 630 (1859)
Fig. 1
Type
.
Indonesia
.
Sumatra
,
Riau
,
Pekanbaru
, tropical lowland, alt.
32 m
,
3 October 2016
,
Fitmawati 152
(
holotype
HR20130073!)
.
Diagnosis.
Mangifera sumatrana
has been considered as a synonym of
Mangifera laurina
Bl. The distinctive characteristics of the
M. sumatrana
are panicles pyramidal and not dense, large and flat fruit, prominent fruit beak type, a quantity of fibre in pulp and high stone.
M. laurina
panicles are conical and dense, with small and thick fruit, round in shape and fruit break type is perceptible (Figs
1
,
2
).
Figure 1.
Mangifera sumatrana
A
habit
B
adaxial and abaxial surface of leaf
C
pyramidal panicles
D
flowers
E
flowers after anthesis;
F
ovary with swollen disc
G
roundish fruit
H
flattened fruit
I
pulp.
Figure 2.
Mangifera laurina
A
conical panicles
B
flowers
C
roundish thick fruit.
Description.
Tree up to 40 m tall and 100-140 cm in diam., growth habit spreading, bark brownish-white with cream sap, the shoot brownish-yellow and crown semi-circular.
Leaves
dark green, scattered, semi-drooping on branch, chartaceous, oblong-ovate, apex acuminate, base acute, both surfaces smooth, 14.9-15.4
x
4.51-5 cm, thickness 0.12-0.2 cm, mid-rib 13.7-14.2 cm in length, above and below mid-rib prominent, nerves 21-23 pairs, areola reticulation dense, slightly prominent, two branches. Petiole 2.8-3 cm in length, 0.19-0.22 cm in diameter.
Panicles
terminal, semi-erect, yellowish-cream, pyramidal, 9.5-12 cm long, 14.30-15.55 g, non-glomerulate, low flower density.
Flowers
pale yellow with light yellow tinge, 5-merous, after anthesis, pale yellow with orangish-yellow tinge, 0.1-0.2 g, 6-6.5
x
5.5-6.2 cm. Bract yellowish-green, 5, 2.6-3.1
x
1.4-1.6 mm, broadly triangular acuminate, even and hairy, both dorsal and ventral smooth. Sepals light green, 5, 3-3.5
x
1.7-2 mm, broad ovate, acute and hairy and smooth. Petals pale yellow, 5, 5-5.4
x
2-2.3 mm, curved-reflexed outwards, elliptic, apex blunt, not hairy, ridges 5. Disc swollen, broader than ovary. Stamen fertile 1, 2.5-2.8 mm long, staminodes 4-5, filaments adnate to the base, 0.7-0.78
x
0.4-0.5 mm. Ovary rather round, lateral-frontal. Stylus slightly to the side and curved, 2-2.5 mm long.
Fruits
pale yellow, roundish flattened, thickness 0.2-0.3 cm, apex round, 160.41-182 g, 10.8-11.6
x
4.51-5.4 cm, 5.44-6 cm, skin surface texture smooth, non-waxy, density of lenticels on fruit skin sparse, beak pointed, sinus shallow, slope of fruit central shoulder rising and then rounded, fruit stalk insertion oblique, neck prominence absent. Pulp yellow, texture soft, adherence intermediate, quantity of fibre low, 6.13-6.4 cm long, juicy and sweet. 15.5° Brix. Stones oblong, 23.51-25 g, 8.7-9
x
4.22-4.5 cm, 1.14-1.3 cm thickness, fibre texture rough, adherence of fibre to stone weak, veins on stone depressed and pattern of stone venation forked. Polyembryony, 2.22-3 g.
Leaf anatomy
Anomocytic stomata type. Simple epidermis. Simple palisade mesophyll. Upper mid-rib of
M. sumatrana
has convex and lower mid-rib has concave shape.
Distribution and habitat.
M. sumatrana
is an endemic species only found in lowland areas in Sumatra (less than 100 m a.s.l.), collected in southern Sumatra and central Sumatra, but is more commonly found in Riau Province, Sumatra, Indonesia.
Chemotaxonomy.
In addition, several compounds from the alkaloid, alkane, amino acids, benzene, benzoic acid and fatty acyl groups are only found in
M. sumatrana
Miq. Conversely, several compounds from the phenolic group (gallic acid), amino acids, benzene and benzoic acid are only found in
M. laurina
Bl (
Fitmawati et al. 2021
). Therefore, it can be reported that
M. sumatrana
Miq. is not a synonym of
M. laurina
Bl and contradicts the morphological classification of
Kostermans and Bompard (1993)
.
Notes.
Geographically, the distribution of
M. sumatrana
and
M. laurina
is also different.
M. sumatrana
is found in lowland areas of Sumatra (less than 100 m a.s.l.), while
M. laurina
is a cosmopolitan species and is not only found in Sumatra, but also in the Maleisiana area, especially in the highlands (altitude up to 2000 m a.s.l.) (
Fitmawati et al. 2013
).