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Pycnarrhena lucida (Teijsm. & Binn.) Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 4: 87. 1868. Cocculus lucidus Teijsm. & Binn., Nat. Tijd. 4: 397. 1853. Antitaxis fasciculata Miers, Contrib. Bot. 3: 356. 1871; Hook. f. & Thomson in Fl. Brit. India 1: 108. 1872. P. fasciculata (Miers) Diels in Engler, Pflanzenr. 46: 50. 1910.


Leaves elliptic, acute or obtuse at base, acuminate at apex, 6 - 12 x 2.5 - 5.5 cm, puberulous at first, later glabrescent; main nerves 6; petioles slender, 1 - 2 cm long, puberulous or glabrous. Male inflorescences axillary or ramiflorous,. fasciculate, 1 few-flowered; sepals 9 - 12; outer one puberulous, small; inner 3 - 6 larger, rotundate, glabrous; petals 3, obovate, cuneiform; stamens 6 - 12, shortly connate, ca 0.5 mm long. Female flowers unknown. Infrutescences unbranched. Drupes globose, 8 - 15 mm across, glabrous, red.

Fl. & Fr. Throughout the year.

Distrib. India: Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

Thailand, Cambodia, Malaya, Sumatra and W. Java.




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