Croton lissophyllus
Radcl.-Sm. & Govaerts [in Kew Bull. 52: 187. 1997, nom. nud.] ex
Esser in Novon 12: 45. 2002. C. hookeri Croizat in J. Arnold Arb. 21: 498. 1940, nom. invalid. et
illeg., non C. hookeri Andre, Illus. Hort. 19: 56. 1872. C. laevifolius auct. non Blume 1826: sec.
Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 391. 1887. C. oblongus sec. N.P.Balakr., Fl. Jowai 2: 428. 1983 (non
Burm.f. 1768).
Kh.: Dieng-kharang, Dieng-soh-rin, Soh-kymphira.
Shrubs or trees, 3 - 5 (- 16) m tall; branchlets glabrous. Leaves elliptic to oblong or obovate to oblanceolate, cuneate or acute or rounded at base, crenulate-serrulate or subentire along margins, acute to acuminate at apex, 3 - 13 (- 16) x 1.5 - 4.5 (- 6) cm, membranous to chartaceous, glabrous or sparsely puberulous beneath, penninerved; lateral nerves 4 - 12 pairs; basal glands 2, long-stipitate, petioles 2 – 25 (- 30) mm long, subglabrous; stipules filiform, 2 - 8 mm long. Inflorescences 4 - 12 cm long; bracts lanceolate, 0.5 - 2.5 mm long. Male flowers: pedicels 1.5 - 3 mm long; sepals oblong, elliptic to ovate, 1.5 - 3 x 0.5 - 2 mm; petals oblanceolate, 1.5 - 2.5 x 0.5 - 1 mm; stamens 10 - 11, 2.5 - 3 mm long; anthers oblong, 0.5 - 0.8 mm long. Female flowers: pedicels 1.5 - 4 mm long; sepals oblong to elliptic, 1.5 - 3 x 0.5 - 2 mm; petals 0 - 5, filiform or subulate, 0.5 - 1.3 mm long; ovary obovoid, 1.3 - 2 x 1 - 1.5 mm, 2 (or 3)-locular, ochraceous tomentose; styles 2.5 - 4.5 mm long, free, bifid almost to base. Capsules obovoid or subglobose, usually bilocular, rarely 3-locular, 2 (or 3)-lobed, 6 - 10 mm in diam., intruded at apex, subglabrous.
Fl. & Fr. April - Nov.
Distrib. India: Common in primary evergreen forests, up to 1700 m altitude. Meghalaya.
Bangladesh.
Shrubs or trees, 3 - 5 (- 16) m tall; branchlets glabrous. Leaves elliptic to oblong or obovate to oblanceolate, cuneate or acute or rounded at base, crenulate-serrulate or subentire along margins, acute to acuminate at apex, 3 - 13 (- 16) x 1.5 - 4.5 (- 6) cm, membranous to chartaceous, glabrous or sparsely puberulous beneath, penninerved; lateral nerves 4 - 12 pairs; basal glands 2, long-stipitate, petioles 2 – 25 (- 30) mm long, subglabrous; stipules filiform, 2 - 8 mm long. Inflorescences 4 - 12 cm long; bracts lanceolate, 0.5 - 2.5 mm long. Male flowers: pedicels 1.5 - 3 mm long; sepals oblong, elliptic to ovate, 1.5 - 3 x 0.5 - 2 mm; petals oblanceolate, 1.5 - 2.5 x 0.5 - 1 mm; stamens 10 - 11, 2.5 - 3 mm long; anthers oblong, 0.5 - 0.8 mm long. Female flowers: pedicels 1.5 - 4 mm long; sepals oblong to elliptic, 1.5 - 3 x 0.5 - 2 mm; petals 0 - 5, filiform or subulate, 0.5 - 1.3 mm long; ovary obovoid, 1.3 - 2 x 1 - 1.5 mm, 2 (or 3)-locular, ochraceous tomentose; styles 2.5 - 4.5 mm long, free, bifid almost to base. Capsules obovoid or subglobose, usually bilocular, rarely 3-locular, 2 (or 3)-lobed, 6 - 10 mm in diam., intruded at apex, subglabrous.
Fl. & Fr. April - Nov.
Distrib. India: Common in primary evergreen forests, up to 1700 m altitude. Meghalaya.
Bangladesh.
