5. Chionanthus mala-elengi (Dennst.) Green (1984:124) .

≡ Forsythia mala-elengi Dennstedt(1818:31) . LECTOTYPE (designated by Green [1984: 124]):—Tab. 55 in Hortus indicus malabaricus 5 by van Rheede tot Drakestein (1685: t. 55).

Lectotype image available at

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/14377#page/156/mode/1up

Literature: — Green (1996: 767, 2003: 264), Newman et al. (2007: 248), Cho et al. (2016: 141), Jin et al. (2016: 160).

Etymology: —The specific epithet “ mala-elengi ” refers to van Rheede tot Drakestein’s (1685) name “Mala Elengi” for this plant, which is translated as “mountain Mimusops elengi L.” from the local language (Green 1984).

Notes: —The species is subdivided into three subspecies, two of which, including the type subspecies, are endemic to southern India (Green 1996, 2003, Govaerts & Green 2020). One subspecies in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.