铁线子Manilkara hexandra (Roxb.) Dubard
铁线子Manilkara hexandra (Roxb.) Dubard
1．铁线子（海南）铁色（海南）
Manilkara hexandra (Roxb.) Dubard in Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille 23: 9，f. 2，1915; Lec. Fl. Gen. Indo-Chine 3: 881. 1930; Merr. in Lingnan Sci. Journ. 14: 47，1935; Lam in Blumea 4: 332，f. 5. 1941; van Royen in Blumea 7: 408. 1953; Aubr. Fl. Camb. Laos et Vietn. 3: 12, pl. 1, 11-14. 1963;中国高等植物图鉴3: 298,图4550，1974; 海南植物志3: 160，图641. 1974——Mimusops hexandra Roxb. Pl. Coromamdel 1: 16，f. 15. 1795; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 3: 549. 1882.
灌木或乔木，高3-12米；树皮灰色；小枝短而粗壮，无毛。叶互生，密聚枝顶，早落，留下明显的叶痕，叶革质，倒卵形或倒卵状椭圆形，长5-10厘米，宽3-7厘米，先端微心形，基部阔楔形或微钝，两面无毛，干时两面黄褐色，中脉在上面凹入，在下面很凸起，侧脉细，相互平行，网脉细密，两面均不明显；叶柄长8-20毫米，上面具小沟。花数朵簇生于叶腋，花梗粗壮，长1-1.8厘米，顶端加粗；萼6裂，裂片卵状三角形，长3-4毫米，外面被黄灰色微柔毛；花冠白色，长约4毫米，冠管极短，长约1毫米，花冠裂片6，长圆形，长约3毫米，背部具2附属物；能育雄蕊6，长约5毫米，花丝丝状，花药长卵形，长约2毫米；退化雄蕊深裂为2条形裂片，长约3毫米；子房卵球形，长约2毫米，6室，被微柔毛，花柱钻形，长约4毫米，柱头小。浆果倒卵状长圆形或椭圆形，长1-1.5厘米；种子1-2枚，长约0.8-1厘米。花期8-12月。
产广东海南西南部、广西南部；生于低海拔旷野丛林中。印度、斯里兰卡及中南半岛也有分布。
种子含油25%，种仁含油47%，油供食用及药用。
《Flora of China》 Vol. 15 (1996)
Manilkara hexandra (Roxburgh) Dubard
铁线子 tie xian zi
Mimusops hexandra Roxburgh, Pl. Coromamdel 1: 16. 1795.
Shrubs or trees, 3--12 m tall. Bark gray. Branchlets glabrous. Leaves alternate, often closely clustered at end of branchlets, with conspicuous scars; petiole 0.8--2 cm; leaf blade obovate to obovate-elliptic, 5--10 X 3--7 cm, both surfaces glabrous, base broadly cuneate to obtuse, apex retuse, midrib raised abaxially, lateral veins slender and parallel, veinlets dense. Flowers axillary, fascicled. Pedicel thick, 1--1.8 cm. Sepals ovate-triangular, 3--4 mm, outside yellowish gray tomentose. Corolla white or light yellow, ca. 4 mm; lobes oblong, ca. 3 mm. Stamens ca. 5 mm; staminodes 2-parted, lobes linear, ca. 3 mm. Ovary ovoid, ca. 2 mm, 6-locular, tomentose. Berry obovoid-oblong to ellipsoid, 1--1.5 cm, 1- or 2-seeded. Seeds ca. 8--10 mm. Fl. Aug-Dec.
Thickets; low elevations. S Guangxi, SW Hainan [Cambodia, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam]
Seeds contain 25% edible oil and are of medicinal value.
别名：铁色;
科名：山榄科 Sapotaceae
属名：铁线子属 Manilkara
1．铁线子（海南）铁色（海南）
Manilkara hexandra (Roxb.) Dubard in Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille 23: 9，f. 2，1915; Lec. Fl. Gen. Indo-Chine 3: 881. 1930; Merr. in Lingnan Sci. Journ. 14: 47，1935; Lam in Blumea 4: 332，f. 5. 1941; van Royen in Blumea 7: 408. 1953; Aubr. Fl. Camb. Laos et Vietn. 3: 12, pl. 1, 11-14. 1963;中国高等植物图鉴3: 298,图4550，1974; 海南植物志3: 160，图641. 1974——Mimusops hexandra Roxb. Pl. Coromamdel 1: 16，f. 15. 1795; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 3: 549. 1882.
灌木或乔木，高3-12米；树皮灰色；小枝短而粗壮，无毛。叶互生，密聚枝顶，早落，留下明显的叶痕，叶革质，倒卵形或倒卵状椭圆形，长5-10厘米，宽3-7厘米，先端微心形，基部阔楔形或微钝，两面无毛，干时两面黄褐色，中脉在上面凹入，在下面很凸起，侧脉细，相互平行，网脉细密，两面均不明显；叶柄长8-20毫米，上面具小沟。花数朵簇生于叶腋，花梗粗壮，长1-1.8厘米，顶端加粗；萼6裂，裂片卵状三角形，长3-4毫米，外面被黄灰色微柔毛；花冠白色，长约4毫米，冠管极短，长约1毫米，花冠裂片6，长圆形，长约3毫米，背部具2附属物；能育雄蕊6，长约5毫米，花丝丝状，花药长卵形，长约2毫米；退化雄蕊深裂为2条形裂片，长约3毫米；子房卵球形，长约2毫米，6室，被微柔毛，花柱钻形，长约4毫米，柱头小。浆果倒卵状长圆形或椭圆形，长1-1.5厘米；种子1-2枚，长约0.8-1厘米。花期8-12月。
产广东海南西南部、广西南部；生于低海拔旷野丛林中。印度、斯里兰卡及中南半岛也有分布。
种子含油25%，种仁含油47%，油供食用及药用。
《Flora of China》 Vol. 15 (1996)
Manilkara hexandra (Roxburgh) Dubard
铁线子 tie xian zi
Mimusops hexandra Roxburgh, Pl. Coromamdel 1: 16. 1795.
Shrubs or trees, 3--12 m tall. Bark gray. Branchlets glabrous. Leaves alternate, often closely clustered at end of branchlets, with conspicuous scars; petiole 0.8--2 cm; leaf blade obovate to obovate-elliptic, 5--10 X 3--7 cm, both surfaces glabrous, base broadly cuneate to obtuse, apex retuse, midrib raised abaxially, lateral veins slender and parallel, veinlets dense. Flowers axillary, fascicled. Pedicel thick, 1--1.8 cm. Sepals ovate-triangular, 3--4 mm, outside yellowish gray tomentose. Corolla white or light yellow, ca. 4 mm; lobes oblong, ca. 3 mm. Stamens ca. 5 mm; staminodes 2-parted, lobes linear, ca. 3 mm. Ovary ovoid, ca. 2 mm, 6-locular, tomentose. Berry obovoid-oblong to ellipsoid, 1--1.5 cm, 1- or 2-seeded. Seeds ca. 8--10 mm. Fl. Aug-Dec.
Thickets; low elevations. S Guangxi, SW Hainan [Cambodia, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam]
Seeds contain 25% edible oil and are of medicinal value.