Huberantha cerasoides

Huberantha cerasoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Magnoliids
Order:	Magnoliales
Family:	Annonaceae
Genus:	Huberantha
Species:	H. cerasoides
Binomial name
Huberantha cerasoides (Roxb.) Chaowasku
Synonyms
Guatteria bifaria A.DC. Guatteria cerasoides (Roxb.) Dunal Hubera cerasoides (Roxb.) Chaowasku Polyalthia bifaria (A.DC.) Hook.f. & Thomson Polyalthia cerasoides (Roxb.) Bedd. Polyalthia crassipetala Merr. Unona cerasoides (Roxb.) Baill. Uvaria cerasoides Roxb.

Huberantha cerasoides^[1] (synonym Polyalthia cerasoides)^[2] is a species of trees in the family Annonaceae and tribe Miliuseae. It is the type species of the relatively new genus Huberantha.

It has been recorded from Hainan island in China, Indo-China, India, and Sri Lanka.^[2]

This is a small tree species with yellow flowers and single-seeded fruit,^[3] in clusters (see illustrations).

This species is known as "පට්ට උල් කෙන්ද - patta ul kenda" in Sinhala Language and quần đầu trái tròn in Vietnamese.^[3]

• Ravikumar YS, Mahadevan KM, Kumaraswamy MN, et al. (September 2008). "Antioxidant, cytotoxic and genotoxic evaluation of alcoholic extract of Polyalthia cerasoides (Roxb.) Bedd". Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology. 26 (2): 142–6. doi:10.1016/j.etap.2008.03.001. PMID 21783902.
• Kanokmedhakul S, Kanokmedhakul K, Lekphrom R (September 2007). "Bioactive constituents of the roots of Polyalthia cerasoides". Journal of Natural Products. 70 (9): 1536–8. doi:10.1021/np070293a. PMID 17845001.

• Data related to Huberantha cerasoides at Wikispecies
• http://www.biotik.org/laos/species/p/polce/polce_en.html
• http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=600&taxon_id=200008574
• http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/249383