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Fig. 2. Cynometra fruit all natural size: C. iripa (Cooper 2273 [CNS]), A. ventral view, B. lateral view showing beak 
on dorsal side; C. ramiflora {Cooper 2265 et al. [CNS]), C. dorsal view, D. lateral view; C. roseiflora {Cooper 2271 et 
al. [CNS]), E. lateral view, F. ventral view, G. dorsal view. Del. W.T. Cooper. 
known to occur in back mangal communities 
co-occurring with Aegiceras corniculatum 
(L.) Blanco, Lumnitzera racemosa Willd. 
and Flacourtia territorialis Airy Shaw, and 
in adjoining monsoon forest dominated by 
Peltophorum pterocarpum (DC.) Backer ex 
K. Heyne. 
Phenology : Flowers have been recorded from 
March to October; fruits have been recorded 
from January to March, June to September 
and in November. 
Typification: Cynometra iripa Kostel. is 
solely based on Rheede’s plate in Hortus 
Malabaricus (Kosteletzky 1835; Knaap-van 
Meeuwen 1970). This plate was also one of 
the two elements cited by Linnaeus (1753) in 
his description of C. ramiflora L.; however, 
this element has now been excluded from 
