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Temuyang (Phrynium pubinerve)

Dlium Temuyang (Phrynium pubinerve)

Temuyang (Phrynium pubinerve) is a species of plant in the Marantaceae, erect herbaceous, forming dense bush colonies, up to 2 meters high, green, roots forming tubers, growing in shady places on the tropical forest floor, agricultural lands and abandoned places.

P. pubinerve has petiole cylindrical, erect and sturdy, emerging from the ground, up to 1.5 meters long, green, sometimes splitting to form linear branches ending with two leaves.









Strands appear at the tip of the stalk, oblong to elongated, up to 50 cm long, pointed tip, margins flat, a major vein in the middle with many minor veins penetrating, upper side dark green and shiny, underside pale green.

The flowers are in nodules, appear on the petiole and are tightly packed, The fruits are oval, red in color, contain 2-4 seeds and open when ripe. The seeds are rectangular and gray in color.

TAXON

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Marantaceae
Genus: Phrynium Willd. in Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 1: 17 (1797)
Species: Phrynium pubinerve Blume in Enum. Pl. Javae: 38 (1827)

HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS

Phyllodes pubinervis (Blume) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 695 (1891)

HETEROTYPIC SYNONYMS

Phrynium capitatum Willd. in Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 1: 17 (1797), nom. illeg.
Phrynium densiflorum Moritzi ex Körn. in Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 35(I): 101 (1862)
Phrynium laoticum Gagnep. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 54: 409 (1907)
Phrynium malaccense Ridl. in J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 32: 180 (1899)
Phrynium ovatum (L.) Druce in Rep. Bot. Exch. Club Soc. Brit. Isles 3: 422 (1913 publ. 1914), nom. illeg. homonym. post.
Phrynium philippinense Ridl. in Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 2: 570 (1909)
Phrynium pubigerum Blume in Enum. Pl. Javae: 37 (1827)
Phrynium rheedei Suresh & Nicolson in Taxon 35: 355 (1986)
Phrynium thorelii Gagnep. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 54: 410 (1907)
Phyllodes capitata Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 694 (1891)
Phyllodes pubigera (Blume) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 695 (1891)
Narukila ovata (L.) Farw. in Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. 3: 91 (1923 publ. 1924)
Pontederia ovata L. in Sp. Pl.: 288 (1753)

PUBLICATIONS

Ardiyani, M., Poulsen, A.D., Suksathan, P. & Borchsenius, F. (2010). Marantaceae in Sulawesi. Reinwardtia 13: 213-220.

Blume, 1827 In: Enum. Pl. Javae : 38

Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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.

Pandey, R.P. (2009). Floristic diversity of Ferrargunj forest area in South Andaman. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 33: 747-768.

Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2014). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist"

Santisuk, T. & Larsen, K. (eds.) (2008). Flora of Thailand 9(2): 91-188. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.

Suksthan, P. & Borchsenius, F. (2005 publ. 2006). Nomenclatural synopsis of Marantaceae in Thailand. Taxon 54: 1083-1090.

Suksthan, P., Madulid, D.A. & Borchsenius, F. (2010). Marantaceae in the Philippines. Taiwania 55: 28-36.

VERNACULAR NAME

English: Temuyang, Tong tying
Indonesian: Temuyang
Java: Temuyang
Lao: ຕອງຈິງ Tong tying

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