Madhuca Explained

Madhuca is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae first described as a genus in 1791.^[1] ^[2] ^[3]

Madhuca is native to south, east, and southeast Asia and Papuasia (from India to China to New Guinea).^[4] ^[5]

Species

Plants of the World Online^[6] currently lists more than 110 species:

Madhuca alpina (A.Chev. ex Lecomte) A.Chev.
Madhuca aristulata (King & Gamble) H.J.Lam
Madhuca aspera H.J.Lam
Madhuca barbata T.D.Penn.
Madhuca bejaudii Aubrév.
Madhuca betis (Blanco) J.F.Macbr.
Madhuca boerlageana (Burck) Baehni
Madhuca borneensis P.Royen
Madhuca bourdillonii (Gamble) H.J.Lam
Madhuca brochidodroma T.D.Penn.
Madhuca burckiana (Koord.) H.J.Lam
Madhuca butyrospermoides A.Chev.
Madhuca calcicola P.Royen
Madhuca chai-ananii Chantar.
Madhuca cheongiana Yii & P.Chai
Madhuca chiangmaiensis Chantar.
Madhuca clavata Jayas.
Madhuca cochinchinensis (Pierre ex Dubard) H.J.Lam
Madhuca coriacea (Merr.) Merr.
Madhuca costulata (Pierre ex Dubard) H.J.Lam
Madhuca crassipes (Pierre ex Becc.) H.J.Lam
Madhuca cuneata (Blume) J.F.Macbr.
Madhuca cuprea (King & Gamble) H.J.Lam
Madhuca curtisii (King & Gamble) Ridl.
Madhuca daemonica (Assem) Yii & P.Chai
Madhuca decipiens J.Sinclair
Madhuca diplostemon (C.B.Clarke) P.Royen
Madhuca dongnaiensis (Pierre) Baehni
Madhuca dubardii H.J.Lam
Madhuca elliptica (Pierre ex Dubard) H.J.Lam
Madhuca elmeri Merr. ex H.J.Lam
Madhuca endertii H.J.Lam
Madhuca engkikiana Yii & P.Chai
Madhuca engleri (Merr.) Vink
Madhuca erythrophylla (King & Gamble) H.J.Lam
Madhuca esculenta Fletcher
Madhuca firma (Pierre ex Dubard) H.J.Lam
Madhuca floribunda (Pierre ex Dubard) H.J.Lam
Madhuca fulva (Thwaites) J.F.Macbr.
Madhuca fusca (Engl.) Forman
Madhuca glabrescens H.J.Lam
Madhuca hainanensis Chun & F.C.How
Madhuca heynei H.J.Lam
Madhuca hirtiflora (Ridl.) H.J.Lam
Madhuca insignis (Radlk.) H.J.Lam
Madhuca kingiana (Brace ex King & Gamble) H.J.Lam
Madhuca klackenbergii Chantar.
Madhuca kompongsonensis Aubrév.
Madhuca korthalsii (Pierre ex Burck) H.J.Lam
Madhuca krabiensis (Aubrév.) Chantar.
Madhuca kuchingensis Yii & P.Chai
Madhuca kunstleri (Brace ex King & Gamble) H.J.Lam
Madhuca lanceolata (Merr.) Merr.
Madhuca lancifolia (Burck) H.J.Lam
Madhuca lanuginosa Ridl.
Madhuca laurifolia (King & Gamble) H.J.Lam
Madhuca lecomtei (Aubrév.) Chantar.
Madhuca leucodermis (K.Krause) H.J.Lam
Madhuca ligulata (H.J.Lam) H.J.Lam
Madhuca lobbii (C.B.Clarke) H.J.Lam
Madhuca longifolia (J.Koenig ex L.) J.F.Macbr.
Madhuca longistyla (King & Gamble) H.J.Lam
Madhuca macrophylla (Hassk.) H.J.Lam
Madhuca magnifolia (King ex S.Moore) S.Moore
Madhuca malaccensis (C.B.Clarke) H.J.Lam
Madhuca markleeana Yii & P.Chai
Madhuca microphylla (Hook.) Alston
Madhuca mindanaensis (Merr.) Merr.
Madhuca mirandae (Merr.) Merr.
Madhuca montana P.Royen
Madhuca monticola (Merr.) Merr.
Madhuca moonii (Thwaites) H.J.Lam
Madhuca motleyana (de Vriese) J.F.Macbr.
Madhuca multiflora (Merr.) J.F.Macbr.
Madhuca multinervia Yii & P.Chai
Madhuca neriifolia (Moon) H.J.Lam
Madhuca oblongifolia (Merr.) Merr.
Madhuca obovatifolia (Merr.) Merr.
Madhuca obtusifolia (King & Gamble) P.Royen
Madhuca ochracea Yii & P.Chai
Madhuca orientalis (Assem) T.D.Penn.
Madhuca ovata H.J.Lam
Madhuca pachyphylla (K.Krause) ined.
Madhuca palembanica (Miq.) Forman
Madhuca pallida (Burck) Baehni
Madhuca pasquieri (Dubard) H.J.Lam
Madhuca penangiana (King & Gamble) H.J.Lam
Madhuca penicillata (King & Gamble) H.J.Lam
Madhuca pierrei (F.N.Williams) H.J.Lam
Madhuca platyphylla (Merr.) Merr.
Madhuca primoplagensis Vink
Madhuca prolixa (Pierre ex Dubard) Yii & P.Chai
Madhuca pubicalyx Ridl.
Madhuca punctata H.R.Fletcher
Madhuca ridleyi H.J.Lam
Madhuca rufa (King & Gamble) P.Royen
Madhuca sandakanensis P.Royen
Madhuca sarawakensis (Pierre ex Dubard) H.J.Lam
Madhuca selangorica (King & Gamble) J.Sinclair
Madhuca sepilokensis P.Royen
Madhuca sericea (Miq.) S.Moore
Madhuca sessiliflora P.Royen
Madhuca sessilis (King & Gamble) Baehni
Madhuca silamensis Yii & P.Chai
Madhuca smitinandii Chantar.
Madhuca spectabilis P.Royen
Madhuca stipulacea H.R.Fletcher
Madhuca stylosa H.J.Lam
Madhuca takensis Aubrév.
Madhuca thorelii (Pierre ex Dubard) H.J.Lam
Madhuca tomentosa H.J.Lam
Madhuca tubulosa H.J.Lam
Madhuca utilis (Ridl.) H.J.Lam
Madhuca vulcanica (Ridl.) P.Royen
Madhuca vulpina Vink
Madhuca woodii P.Royen

Notes and References

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2910848#page/840/mode/1up Gmelin, Johann Friedrich. 1791. Systema Naturae . . . editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata 2: 773, 799
http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40011988 Tropicos, Madhuca Ham. ex J.F. Gmel.
Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Pennington, D. (2001 publ. 2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Sapotaceae: 1-364. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=117165 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=119432 Flora of China Vol. 15 Page 205 紫荆木属 zi jing mu shu Madhuca Hamilton ex J. F. Gmelin, Syst. Nat. 2: 799. 1791.
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:36784-1 Plants of the World Online: Madhuca Buch.-Ham. ex J.F.Gmel. (retrieved 27 November 2020)