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Taxon:
Thespesia populnea
(L.) Sol. ex Corrêa
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Thespesia
Family:
Malvaceae
Subfamily:
Malvoideae
Tribe:
Gossypieae
Nomen number:
36526
Place of publication:
Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 9:290. 1807
Verified:
11/29/2007
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Hibiscus populneus
L.
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Hibiscus populneoides
Roxb.
Thespesia macrophylla
Blume
Thespesia populneoides
(Roxb.) Kostel.
No images
Reference(s)
Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. et al.
1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78:1-581.
Adams, C.
1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica
Bosser, J. M. et al., eds.
1976-. Flores des Mascareignes.
Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll.
1982. Flora of the Bahama archipelago.
Dale, I. R. & P. J. Greenway.
1961. Kenya trees & shrubs.
Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds.
1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
Elevitch, C. R., ed.
The traditional tree initiative: species profiles for Pacific Island agroforestry (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.agroforestry.net/tti/Thespesia-milo.pdf
Note:
Permanent Agriculture Resources (PAR), Holualoa, Hawai'i
http://www.traditionaltree.org/
Encke, F. et al.
1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
Exell, A. W. et al., eds.
1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
URL:
http://www.kew.org/efloras/namesearch.do
Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds.
1997. Auxiliary plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 11:251-252.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Thespesia+populnea&quantity=1
Fryxell, P. A.
1979. The natural history of the cotton tribe 86.
Fryxell, P. A.
1988. Malvaceae of Mexico. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 25:441-443.
URL:
http://herbarium.lsa.umich.edu/SBMweb/index.html
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards.
1989-. Flora of Ethiopia
Note:
Eritrea added in 2000
Howard, R.
1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
Humbert, J.-H., ed.
1936-. Flore de Madagascar et des Comores.
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS).
Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.anbg.gov.au/common.names/
Iwatsuki, K. et al.
1993-. Flora of Japan.
Jardín Botánico Nacional.
1998-. Flora de la República de Cuba
Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper.
1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
Liogier, H. A.
1984-. Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands.
Luna, R. K.
1996. Plantation trees.
Note:
International Book Distributors
Matthew, K. M.
1983. The flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic.
Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds.
1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
Paul, T. K. & M. P. Nayar.
1988. Malvaceae. Fascicles of flora of India. 19:225-226.
Proctor, G. R.
1984. Flora of the Cayman Islands. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XI.
Sharma, B. D. et al., eds.
1993-. Flora of India.
Stevens, W. D. et al., eds.
2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3).
Thulin, M., ed.
1993-. Flora of Somalia.
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds.
1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Weber, E.
2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds.
1943-1980. Flora of Panama.
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
URL:
http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Common names
English
bendytree –
Reference(s)
corktree –
Reference(s)
Indian tuliptree –
Reference(s)
milo –
Reference(s)
Pacific rosewood –
Reference(s)
Polynesian rosewood –
Reference(s)
porlia-tree –
Reference(s)
portia-tree –
Reference(s)
seaside mahoe –
Reference(s)
Seychelles rosewood –
Reference(s)
tuliptree –
Reference(s)
umbrella-tree –
Reference(s)
French
arbre ombrelle –
Reference(s)
bois de rose d'Océanie –
Reference(s)
kalfata –
Reference(s)
motel debou –
Reference(s)
porché –
Reference(s)
German
Küsten-Tropeneibisch –
Reference(s)
Portuguese
bela-sombra –
Reference(s)
pau-rosa –
Reference(s)
Portuguese (Brazil)
tespésia –
Reference(s)
Swahili
mtakawa –
Reference(s)
Transcribed Chinese
tong mian –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Kenya
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Tanzania
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Eritrea
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Somalia
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Mozambique
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Benin
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Ghana
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Nigeria
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Senegal
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Togo
1
Native
Africa
Western Indian Ocean
Comoros
1
Native
Africa
Western Indian Ocean
Madagascar
1
Native
Africa
Western Indian Ocean
Mauritius
1
Native
Africa
Western Indian Ocean
Reunion
1
Native
Africa
Western Indian Ocean
Seychelles
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Guangdong Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Hainan Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Japan
Ryukyu Islands
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Taiwan
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
coasts
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Maldives
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Sri Lanka
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Cambodia
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
India
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Myanmar
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Thailand
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Vietnam
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Indonesia
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Malaysia
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Philippines
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Papuasia
Papua New Guinea
1
Native
Australasia
Australia
Australia
Northern Territory
n.
1
Native
Australasia
Australia
Australia
Queensland
n.
1
Native
Australasia
Australia
Australia
Western Australia
n.
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Quintana Roo
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Yucatán
1
Native
Pacific
Northwestern Pacific
Micronesia
1
Native
Pacific
South-Central Pacific
French Polynesia
1
Native
Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
Fiji
1
Native
Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
Vanuatu
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Antigua and Barbuda
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Bahamas
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Barbados
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Bermuda
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Cayman Islands
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Cuba
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Dominica
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Grenada
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Guadeloupe
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Hispaniola
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Jamaica
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Martinique
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Montserrat
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Netherlands Antilles
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
St. Kitts and Nevis
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
St. Lucia
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
St. Vincent and Grenadines
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
United States
Puerto Rico
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
United States
Virgin Islands, U.S.
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Virgin Islands (British)
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Costa Rica
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Honduras
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Nicaragua
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Panama
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Venezuela
Falcon
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Colombia
2
Cultivated
widely cult. in tropics
Native
Africa
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Eritrea
,
Somalia
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya
,
Tanzania
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Benin
,
Ghana
,
Nigeria
,
Senegal
,
Togo
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Mozambique
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Comoros
,
Madagascar
,
Mauritius
,
Reunion
,
Seychelles
Asia-Temperate
CHINA:
China
[Guangdong Sheng, Hainan Sheng]
EASTERN ASIA:
Japan
[Ryukyu Islands],
Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
(coasts),
Sri Lanka
,
Maldives
PAPUASIA:
Papua New Guinea
INDO-CHINA:
India
[Andaman and Nicobar Islands],
Cambodia
,
Myanmar
,
Thailand
,
Vietnam
MALESIA:
Indonesia
,
Malaysia
,
Philippines
Australasia
AUSTRALIA:
Australia
[Queensland (n.), Western Australia (n.), Northern Territory (n.)]
Northern America
SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico
[Quintana Roo, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Yucatán]
Pacific
NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Micronesia
SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
French Polynesia
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Fiji
,
Vanuatu
Southern America
CARIBBEAN:
Hispaniola
,
Netherlands Antilles
,
Antigua and Barbuda
,
Bahamas
,
Bermuda
,
Barbados
,
Cuba
,
Cayman Islands
,
Dominica
,
Guadeloupe
,
Grenada
,
Jamaica
,
St. Kitts and Nevis
,
St. Lucia
,
Montserrat
,
Martinique
,
United States
[Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, U.S.],
St. Vincent and Grenadines
,
Virgin Islands (British)
CENTRAL AMERICA:
Costa Rica
,
Honduras
,
Nicaragua
,
Panama
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Venezuela
[Falcon]
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia
Cultivated
(widely cult. in tropics)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
erosion control
Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds.
1997. Auxiliary plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 11:251-252.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Environmental
ornamental
Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds.
1997. Auxiliary plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 11:251-252.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Environmental
shade/shelter
Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds.
1997. Auxiliary plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 11:251-252.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Human food
vegetable
Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds.
1997. Auxiliary plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 11:251-252.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Materials
fiber
for caulking & rope
Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds.
1997. Auxiliary plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 11:251-252.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Materials
tannin/dyestuff
obtained from flowers & fruits
Luna, R. K.
1996. Plantation trees.
Note:
International Book Distributors
Materials
wood
Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds.
1997. Auxiliary plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 11:251-252.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Medicines
folklore
Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds.
1997. Auxiliary plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 11:251-252.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Social
religious/secular
considered a sacred tree in some Pacific regions
Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds.
1997. Auxiliary plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 11:251-252.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Weed
Weber, E.
2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Name
References