Homalium brevidens

Homalium brevidens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Salicaceae
Genus:	Homalium
Species:	H. brevidens
Binomial name
	Homalium brevidens; Gagnep., Notul. Syst. (Paris) 3: 247 (1916)[1][2]

A shrub or tree species in the Salicaceae family, Homalium brevidens is found in Laos and Cambodia.[3]

It grows 2-6m tall, with simple broad leaves, and is found in flooded forests in Cambodia.[4][5]. These forests, also known as swamp forests, is a community where the trees are usually 7-15(-20)m tall, that occurs along the shores of the lake Tonle Sap and nearby rivers, and is flooded to a maximum of 4-6m of water for up to 8 months per year. The 2 main species of tree in these forests are Barringtonia acutangula and Diospyros cambodiana, with H. brevidens one of the other common tree species.[6] On islands of the Mekong, in Steung Treng and Kratie provinces, north-central Cambodia, the tree occurs with medium abundance in the Riverine Strand vegetation zone (last to be flooded, first to be exposed).[7] Here it contributes to a closed canopy, growing above metamorphic sandstone bedrock at an elevation of 25-30m above sea level. On these islands it flowers from June to July, and fruits from September to October.

The plant is known as rotèang or stiëw in Khmer.[4] Wood from the shrub is used to make charcoal, its bark is used to caulk boats.

References

"Homalium brevidens Gagnep., Notul. Syst. (Paris) 3: 247 (1916)". International Plant Name Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
Applequist, Wendy L. (2013). "A nomenclator for Homalium (Salicaceae)" (PDF). Skvortsovia. Russian Academy of Sciences. 1 (1): 12–74. ISSN 2309-6500. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
"Homalium brevidens Gagnep". Plants of the World Online (POWO). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
Pauline Dy Phon (2000). Plants Utilised In Cambodia/Plantes utilisées au Cambodge. Phnom Penh: Imprimerie Olympic. p. 346.
"Homalium brevidens". EOL, Encyclopedia of Life. eol.org. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
Campbell, Ian C.; Poole, Colin; Giesen, Wim; Valbo-Jorgensen, John (2006). "Species diversity and ecology of Tonle Sap Great Lake, Cambodia" (PDF). Aquatic Sciences. 68: 355–73. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
Maxwell, James F. (2009). "Vegetation and vascular flora of the Mekong River, Kratie and Steung Treng Provinces, Cambodia" (PDF). Maejo International Journal of Science and Technology. 3 (01): 143–211. ISSN 1905-7873. Retrieved 22 April 2020.

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[1] "Homalium brevidens Gagnep., Notul. Syst. (Paris) 3: 247 (1916)". International Plant Name Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 22 April 2020.

[2] Applequist, Wendy L. (2013). "A nomenclator for Homalium (Salicaceae)" (PDF). Skvortsovia. Russian Academy of Sciences. 1 (1): 12–74. ISSN 2309-6500. Retrieved 22 April 2020.

[3] "Homalium brevidens Gagnep". Plants of the World Online (POWO). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 22 April 2020.

[dyphon-4] Pauline Dy Phon (2000). Plants Utilised In Cambodia/Plantes utilisées au Cambodge. Phnom Penh: Imprimerie Olympic. p. 346.

[5] "Homalium brevidens". EOL, Encyclopedia of Life. eol.org. Retrieved 22 April 2020.

[6] Campbell, Ian C.; Poole, Colin; Giesen, Wim; Valbo-Jorgensen, John (2006). "Species diversity and ecology of Tonle Sap Great Lake, Cambodia" (PDF). Aquatic Sciences. 68: 355–73. Retrieved 22 April 2020.

[7] Maxwell, James F. (2009). "Vegetation and vascular flora of the Mekong River, Kratie and Steung Treng Provinces, Cambodia" (PDF). Maejo International Journal of Science and Technology. 3 (01): 143–211. ISSN 1905-7873. Retrieved 22 April 2020.