Haematocarpus validus
(Miers) Bakh. f. ex Forman in Kew Bull. 26: 420. 1972.
Baterium validum Miers in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 3, 13: 124. 1864. H.
comptus Miers
in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 3, 19: 197. 1867, nom. illeg. & Contrib. Bot. 3: 326, t. 134.
1871. H. thomsonii Miers, l.c. 1867; Hook. f. & Thomson in Fl. Brit. India, 1: 106. 1872.
Asm.: Inramji-dulela.
Branches puberulous or glabrous. Leaves elliptic, obovate-elliptic or ovate-elliptic, obtuse at base, acuminate or obtuse at apex, 7 - 18 x 4 - 8 cm; nerves and nervules conspicuous beneath; petioles 1.2 - 3.5 cm long. Inflorescences axillary, panicles or subracemes, up to 40 cm long, puberulous or glabrous; branches slender, up to 9 cm long. Male flowers: pedicels 1.5 - 3.5 mm long; sepals and petals with dark red lines and spots; outer sepals of outer whorls ovate, ciliate or not; inner ones larger, elliptic or elliptic-ovate, glabrous; petals ovate or broadly elliptic-oblong, 1.5 - 2.5 mm long; stamens ca 1 mm long; connectives swollen. Female flowers: sepals and petals as in male; staminodes less than 1 mm long, rod-like. Carpels ovoid-ellipsoid, 1 - 1.5 mm long; styles sharply reflexed, ca 0.5 mm long. Drupes ovoid-ellipsoid, 4 - 5 x 2 - 2.5 cm, glabrous, red; embryo 3 - 3.5 mm long.
Fl. & Fr. Throughout the year.
Distrib. India: From plains to hills, up to 650 m. Assam, Meghalaya and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
Bangladesh, Sumatra, Java and Borneo.
Branches puberulous or glabrous. Leaves elliptic, obovate-elliptic or ovate-elliptic, obtuse at base, acuminate or obtuse at apex, 7 - 18 x 4 - 8 cm; nerves and nervules conspicuous beneath; petioles 1.2 - 3.5 cm long. Inflorescences axillary, panicles or subracemes, up to 40 cm long, puberulous or glabrous; branches slender, up to 9 cm long. Male flowers: pedicels 1.5 - 3.5 mm long; sepals and petals with dark red lines and spots; outer sepals of outer whorls ovate, ciliate or not; inner ones larger, elliptic or elliptic-ovate, glabrous; petals ovate or broadly elliptic-oblong, 1.5 - 2.5 mm long; stamens ca 1 mm long; connectives swollen. Female flowers: sepals and petals as in male; staminodes less than 1 mm long, rod-like. Carpels ovoid-ellipsoid, 1 - 1.5 mm long; styles sharply reflexed, ca 0.5 mm long. Drupes ovoid-ellipsoid, 4 - 5 x 2 - 2.5 cm, glabrous, red; embryo 3 - 3.5 mm long.
Fl. & Fr. Throughout the year.
Distrib. India: From plains to hills, up to 650 m. Assam, Meghalaya and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
Bangladesh, Sumatra, Java and Borneo.
