Elaeocarpus petiolatus
(Jack) Wallich ex Steudel, Nom. Bot. ed. 1: 545. 1840; Corner in Gard. Bull. Str. Settl. 10: 324. 1939. Monocera petiolata Jack in Malay. Misc.
1(5): 43. 1820. Elaeocarpus resinosus Blume, Bijdr. 122. 1825. Monocera integra C.
Mueller, Anot. Fam. Elaeocarp. 12. 1849. Elaeocarpus integra (C. Mueller) Wallich ex
Masters in Fl. Brit. India 1: 408. 1874.
Lus.: Holthak; Tipp.: Hun
Trees, 20 - 30 m tall; branchlets glabrate. Leaves 7 - 20 x 4 - 9 cm, elliptic-lanceolate or oblong-elliptic, narrowed at base, bluntly acuminate or acute at apex, distantly serrulate or subentire, glabrous, coriaceous, veins prominent; petioles 2 - 6.5 cm long glabrous, geniculate at apex. Racemes 7 - 12 cm long, axillary, glabrate. Flower buds ellipsoid or oblong-oblanceolate; flowers white, ca 1.5 cm across; pedicels 5 - 12 mm long curved at apex, puberulous. Sepals 6 - 8 mm long, lanceolate, glabrous without puberulous and keeled within, margins villous. Petals 7 - 9 mm long, oblong, broad and saccate at base, narrowed at apex, laciniate, silky on both surfaces, ridged in centre. Stamens 20 - 30; filaments shorter than anthers, adpressed pubescent or glabrate; anthers 2 - 2.5 mm long, oblong, shortly awned, awns reflexed, puberulous or glabrescent. Disc of 2 - 10, round, glabrescet glands. Ovary oblong, glabrous, 2-loculed, with 2 superposed rows of ovules; styles slender tapering. Drupes 1.5 - 2 cm long, oblong-ovoid, smooth; pyrenes rugose, tubercled, indistinctly 4-ridged, unilocular, 1-seeded.
Fl. Dec. - March; Fr. July - Sept.
Distrib. India: In moist deciduous forests between 800 and 1000 m. Assam and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
Bangladesh, Myanmar, Malaysia and Indonesia.
Trees, 20 - 30 m tall; branchlets glabrate. Leaves 7 - 20 x 4 - 9 cm, elliptic-lanceolate or oblong-elliptic, narrowed at base, bluntly acuminate or acute at apex, distantly serrulate or subentire, glabrous, coriaceous, veins prominent; petioles 2 - 6.5 cm long glabrous, geniculate at apex. Racemes 7 - 12 cm long, axillary, glabrate. Flower buds ellipsoid or oblong-oblanceolate; flowers white, ca 1.5 cm across; pedicels 5 - 12 mm long curved at apex, puberulous. Sepals 6 - 8 mm long, lanceolate, glabrous without puberulous and keeled within, margins villous. Petals 7 - 9 mm long, oblong, broad and saccate at base, narrowed at apex, laciniate, silky on both surfaces, ridged in centre. Stamens 20 - 30; filaments shorter than anthers, adpressed pubescent or glabrate; anthers 2 - 2.5 mm long, oblong, shortly awned, awns reflexed, puberulous or glabrescent. Disc of 2 - 10, round, glabrescet glands. Ovary oblong, glabrous, 2-loculed, with 2 superposed rows of ovules; styles slender tapering. Drupes 1.5 - 2 cm long, oblong-ovoid, smooth; pyrenes rugose, tubercled, indistinctly 4-ridged, unilocular, 1-seeded.
Fl. Dec. - March; Fr. July - Sept.
Distrib. India: In moist deciduous forests between 800 and 1000 m. Assam and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
Bangladesh, Myanmar, Malaysia and Indonesia.
