Croton argyratus
Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 602. 1826; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 385.
1887.
Burm. (And.): Talibda.
Shrubs or trees, 2 - 10 (- 20) m tall, evergreen, all parts (except old stem and upper surface of leaves) densely clothed with appressed lepidote scales. Leaves narrowly to broadly elliptic, ovate, oblong or sometimes obovate, obtuse to rounded or acute and mostly narrowly cordate at extreme base, entire or serrulate along margins, acuminate to sub-acuminate at apex, 8 - 30 x 2.5 - 12 cm, membranous to thinly coriaceous, penninerved, sometimes weakly trinerved at base; lateral nerves 5 - 12 pairs; basal glands 2, sessile, occasionally obsolete; petioles 0.5 - 12 cm long. Inflorescences 6 - 20 cm long; bracts triangular, 0.8 - 2.5 mm long. Male flowers: pedicels 2.5 - 4 mm long; sepals 5, oblong, 1.8 - 2.5 x 0.8 - 2 mm; petals 5, spathulate, oblanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 1.5 - 2.5 x 0.5 - 1.5 mm; stamens 10 - 12, 3 - 4.5 mm long; anthers oblong, 0.8 - 1 mm long. Female flowers: pedicels 1 - 10 mm long; sepals 5, oblong, 2.5 - 7 x 1 - 3 mm; petals 0 - 5, narrowly oblong to filiform, 0.5 - 3 mm long; ovary subglobose, 2.5 - 4 mm in diam.; styles 4.5 - 7 mm long, bifid. Capsules subglobose, 9 - 15 mm in diam., with 6 longitudinal furrows, brown when dry; pedicels 5 - 35 mm long; seeds ellipsoid, ovoid or obovoid, 6 - 8 x 4.5 - 6 mm.
Fl. & Fr. Jan. - Dec.
Distrib. India: Fairly common in mixed forests or hill forests or edges of evergreen forests on rocks, rocky loam, sandy soil or clayey loam (once noted on limestone), up to 100 m altitude. Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Myanmar, Indo-China, Thailand, Malaysia, Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Lesser Sunda Islands and Philippines.
Uses. Timber used as firewood and trunk as house posts and beams
Shrubs or trees, 2 - 10 (- 20) m tall, evergreen, all parts (except old stem and upper surface of leaves) densely clothed with appressed lepidote scales. Leaves narrowly to broadly elliptic, ovate, oblong or sometimes obovate, obtuse to rounded or acute and mostly narrowly cordate at extreme base, entire or serrulate along margins, acuminate to sub-acuminate at apex, 8 - 30 x 2.5 - 12 cm, membranous to thinly coriaceous, penninerved, sometimes weakly trinerved at base; lateral nerves 5 - 12 pairs; basal glands 2, sessile, occasionally obsolete; petioles 0.5 - 12 cm long. Inflorescences 6 - 20 cm long; bracts triangular, 0.8 - 2.5 mm long. Male flowers: pedicels 2.5 - 4 mm long; sepals 5, oblong, 1.8 - 2.5 x 0.8 - 2 mm; petals 5, spathulate, oblanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 1.5 - 2.5 x 0.5 - 1.5 mm; stamens 10 - 12, 3 - 4.5 mm long; anthers oblong, 0.8 - 1 mm long. Female flowers: pedicels 1 - 10 mm long; sepals 5, oblong, 2.5 - 7 x 1 - 3 mm; petals 0 - 5, narrowly oblong to filiform, 0.5 - 3 mm long; ovary subglobose, 2.5 - 4 mm in diam.; styles 4.5 - 7 mm long, bifid. Capsules subglobose, 9 - 15 mm in diam., with 6 longitudinal furrows, brown when dry; pedicels 5 - 35 mm long; seeds ellipsoid, ovoid or obovoid, 6 - 8 x 4.5 - 6 mm.
Fl. & Fr. Jan. - Dec.
Distrib. India: Fairly common in mixed forests or hill forests or edges of evergreen forests on rocks, rocky loam, sandy soil or clayey loam (once noted on limestone), up to 100 m altitude. Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Myanmar, Indo-China, Thailand, Malaysia, Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Lesser Sunda Islands and Philippines.
Uses. Timber used as firewood and trunk as house posts and beams
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