Polyalthia korintii
(Dunal) Thwaites, Enum. Pl.
Zeyl. 398. 1864; Hook. f. &
Thomson in Fl. Brit. India 1: 64. 1872. Guatteria korintii Dunal, Monogr. Fam. Anon.
133. 1817.
Mal.: Karuvall; Tel.: Karinti.
Shrubs or small trees, 3 - 5 m tall, spreading; young branches glabrous or subpilose. Leaves lanceolate, elliptic-oblong to ovate-oblong, acute to rounded at base, long acuminate at apex, 5 - 15 x 3 - 6 cm, glabrous, coriaceous, sometimes with pilose midrib beneath, strongly reticulate; petioles 3 - 5 mm long, glabrous. Flowers solitary, axillary or rarely 1 - 3 together from tubercles on old wood; pedicels slender, 2 - 3 cm long; bracts 1 - 3, minute, at base or submedian on pedicels. Sepals 3, ovate, subacute, ca 4 x 2 mm, appressed pubescent outside. Petals 6 (3 + 3), oblong, obtuse, 5 - 10 x 2 - 3 mm, thickly coriaceous, pubescent outside; inner ones longer and broader than outer ones. Stamens numerous, oblong, ca 1 mm long; connectives almost flat at top. Carpels 7 - 14, oblong, 1 - 1.5 mm long, strigose; ovules 1 - 3; stigma sessile, subglobose. Ripe carpels many, ellipsoid or subglobose, 5 - 7 mm long, bright crimson; stalks ca 7 mm long. Seed 1, smooth, shiny grey.
Fl. Jan. - Mar.; Fr. Aug. - Nov.
Distrib. India: Occasional in evergreen forests. Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and kerala.
Sri Lanka.
Shrubs or small trees, 3 - 5 m tall, spreading; young branches glabrous or subpilose. Leaves lanceolate, elliptic-oblong to ovate-oblong, acute to rounded at base, long acuminate at apex, 5 - 15 x 3 - 6 cm, glabrous, coriaceous, sometimes with pilose midrib beneath, strongly reticulate; petioles 3 - 5 mm long, glabrous. Flowers solitary, axillary or rarely 1 - 3 together from tubercles on old wood; pedicels slender, 2 - 3 cm long; bracts 1 - 3, minute, at base or submedian on pedicels. Sepals 3, ovate, subacute, ca 4 x 2 mm, appressed pubescent outside. Petals 6 (3 + 3), oblong, obtuse, 5 - 10 x 2 - 3 mm, thickly coriaceous, pubescent outside; inner ones longer and broader than outer ones. Stamens numerous, oblong, ca 1 mm long; connectives almost flat at top. Carpels 7 - 14, oblong, 1 - 1.5 mm long, strigose; ovules 1 - 3; stigma sessile, subglobose. Ripe carpels many, ellipsoid or subglobose, 5 - 7 mm long, bright crimson; stalks ca 7 mm long. Seed 1, smooth, shiny grey.
Fl. Jan. - Mar.; Fr. Aug. - Nov.
Distrib. India: Occasional in evergreen forests. Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and kerala.
Sri Lanka.
