Tiliacora trianedra
(Colebr.) Diels in Engler, Pflanzenr. 46: 62. 1910. Cocculus
triandrus Colebr. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 13: 64. 1821. Limacia triandra (Colebr.) Hook. f.
& Thomson, Fl. Ind. 188. 1855 & in Fl. Brit. India 1: 100. 1872.
Stems puberulous to glabrous, striate. Leaves elliptic, lanceolate or subovate,
cuneate or rounded or often subcordate at base, acute to obtuse or acuminate at apex,
6 -
12 (-17) x 2 -
5 (-8) cm, puberulous or glabrous; basal nerves 3 -
5, subpalmate; lateral
nerves 2 -
6 pairs; main nerves tending to link up towards margins; midrib verrucose near
base beneath, glabrous; petioles 0.5 -
2 cm long, verrucose at apex. Inflorescences axillary
or cauliftorous, on 1 -
few-flowered cymes, 2 -
8 (-17) cm long; peduncles ca 5 mm long.
Male flowers yellow; inner sepals broadly elliptic, ca 2 mm long, glabrous; petals 3 or 6,
cuneate, emarginate, ca 1 mm long; stamens 3, clavate, 1.5 -
2 mm long. Female flowers:
inner sepals orbicular, ca 2 mm long, puberulous outside; petals 6, oblong-elliptic, ca 1
mm long; carpels 8 or 9, less than 0.5 mm long. Drupes subcompressed, obovoid, 7 -
10 x 6 -
7 mm, glabrous, red; endocarp transversely irregularly ridged.
Fl. & Fr. not known.
Distrib. India: On rocky and clayey soils or limestone hills, evergreen forests, 200 - 1300 m. Meghalaya.
Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam to Malaya.
Notes. Leafy shoots are used in preparation of medicine for dysentry in Cambodia.
Fl. & Fr. not known.
Distrib. India: On rocky and clayey soils or limestone hills, evergreen forests, 200 - 1300 m. Meghalaya.
Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam to Malaya.
Notes. Leafy shoots are used in preparation of medicine for dysentry in Cambodia.