Dimorphocalyx kurnoolensis
R.Venkatar. & T.Pullaiah in Bot. Bull. Acad. Sin., n. s. 35:
201 - 204, ff. 1 - 2. 1994; T.Pullaiah & Moulali, Fl. Andhra Pradesh 2: 852. 1997.
Tel. Erra-tandra.
Trees, up to 3 m high; branchlets pubescent. Leaves obovate to elliptic-oblanceolate, attenuate or cuneate at base, entire to faintly sinuate along margins, subacute to obtuse or rounded at apex, 5 - 19 x 2 - 6 cm, glabrous; lateral nerves 7 - 12 pairs; petioles 1 - 2 cm long; stipules deltoid. Male flowers: in terminal pedunculate cymes; bracts lanceolate, 3 - 4 x 1 - 1.2 mm; flowers subsessile; calyx appressed pilose outside; lobes suborbicular, ca 1 x 1.3 mm; petals oblong, often emarginate, ca 8 x 2.5 mm, disc glands free, ovate-oblate, ca 0.6 x 0.8 mm, hairy at top; stamens 5 + 11 - 15; filaments ca 1.8 mm long; anthers oblong, ca 1.2 mm across; the inner stamens monadelphous, at the apex of ca 7 mm long staminal column, trifid at apex; anthers orbicular, ca 0.8 mm across. Female flowers: few, in short pedunculate racemes; flowers 5 - 8 mm across; pedicels ca 2 mm long; calyx shortly 5-lobed; lobes suborbicular, ca 2 x 2.5 mm; petals oblong; disc glands as in male; ovary ca 4 x 3 mm, appressed pilose, styles connate at base, 2-fid above. Fruits subglobose, depressed, deeply furrowed between cocci, 10 - 13 x 13 - 17 mm; fruiting calyx lobes ca 5 x 3 mm, appressed pilose outside.
Fl. & Fr. Nov. - March.
Distrib. India: Dry deciduous forests, along sides of streams. Rare. Andhra Pradesh (Kurnool Dist.).
Endemic.
Trees, up to 3 m high; branchlets pubescent. Leaves obovate to elliptic-oblanceolate, attenuate or cuneate at base, entire to faintly sinuate along margins, subacute to obtuse or rounded at apex, 5 - 19 x 2 - 6 cm, glabrous; lateral nerves 7 - 12 pairs; petioles 1 - 2 cm long; stipules deltoid. Male flowers: in terminal pedunculate cymes; bracts lanceolate, 3 - 4 x 1 - 1.2 mm; flowers subsessile; calyx appressed pilose outside; lobes suborbicular, ca 1 x 1.3 mm; petals oblong, often emarginate, ca 8 x 2.5 mm, disc glands free, ovate-oblate, ca 0.6 x 0.8 mm, hairy at top; stamens 5 + 11 - 15; filaments ca 1.8 mm long; anthers oblong, ca 1.2 mm across; the inner stamens monadelphous, at the apex of ca 7 mm long staminal column, trifid at apex; anthers orbicular, ca 0.8 mm across. Female flowers: few, in short pedunculate racemes; flowers 5 - 8 mm across; pedicels ca 2 mm long; calyx shortly 5-lobed; lobes suborbicular, ca 2 x 2.5 mm; petals oblong; disc glands as in male; ovary ca 4 x 3 mm, appressed pilose, styles connate at base, 2-fid above. Fruits subglobose, depressed, deeply furrowed between cocci, 10 - 13 x 13 - 17 mm; fruiting calyx lobes ca 5 x 3 mm, appressed pilose outside.
Fl. & Fr. Nov. - March.
Distrib. India: Dry deciduous forests, along sides of streams. Rare. Andhra Pradesh (Kurnool Dist.).
Endemic.
