Dasymaschalon dasymaschalum
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The plant below with red flowers was seen in the Singapore Botanical Gardens with the label "Dasymaschalon blumei" on it. Since Dasymaschalon blumei is a synonym of Dasymaschalon dasymaschalum according to the Plant List website, I had assumed that it is the same species as the one above found in the wild.

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The identity of this plant is not conclusive. In the publication by Wang et. al. [1], there was a picture of the fruit of Dasymaschalon dasymaschalum (page 547) which was more elongated than the one seen in the above picture. In another publication by the same author 3 years later [2], the same picture was labelled as Dasymaschalon glaucum. There was a picture of the flower and fruit in the later article (pages 255 and 259) which resembled the yellow-flower version above.

Publications:

[1] Wang J, Chalermglin P, Saunders RMK. The genus Dasymaschalon (Annonaceae) in Thailand. Syst Bot 2000;34:252-265. | Read abstract |

[2] Wang J, Thomas DC, Su YCF, Meinke S, Chatrou LW, Saunders RMK. 2012. A plastid DNA phylogeny of Dasymaschalon (Annonaceae) and allied genera: Evidence for generic non-monophyly and the parallel evolutionary loss of inner petals. Taxon 2012;545-558. | Read abstract |


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