Parinari anamensis
Parinari anamensis [1] is a dicotyledonous plant species that was described by Henry Fletcher Hance from southern Vietnam. It has been called Annamese burada and is now placed in the family Chrysobalanaceae,[2][3] (but formerly the Rosaceae). No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life.
| Parinari anamensis | |
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| Base of trunk of a specimen tree in Cat Tien National Park Roy Bateman | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Chrysobalanaceae |
| Genus: | Parinari |
| Species: | P. anamensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Parinari anamensis | |
| Synonyms | |
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Parinari albida Craib | |
The Vietnamese name is cám. The trunk has a pinkish-brown hue with soft flaking bark (see illustration). The Khmer name is thlok ធ្លក. A classical name for Cambodia is Nakorkuk Thlok ("the land of the thlok tree").
References
- Hance HF (1877) J. Botany 15. 333
- url= http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2014/details/species/id/4311214%7Ctitle= Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist.|accessdate= 26 May 2014 |author= 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., Didžiulis V. (ed)|date= 2014|journal= |publisher=Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- IOPI Global Plant Checklist
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