Ochna integerrima
(Lour.) Merr. in Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. n.s.
24(2): 265.
1935. Kanis in Blumea 16: 36. 1968 & in Steenis, Fl. Males. ser. 1. 7: 199. 1972.
Elaeocarpus integerrima Lour., Fl. Cochinch, 338. 1790. O. wallichii Planchon, Fl.
Cochinch. 338. 1790 et in Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 5: 650. 1846; A.W. Bennett
in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 524. 1875, incl. var. parviflora A.W . Bennett. O. brevipes
Planchon, l.c. 652; A.W. Bennett in Hook.f ., l.c. 525. O. parviflora Griffith, Not. Pl. Asiat.
4: 464. 1854. O. squarrosa Kurz, Rep. Andam. Isl. 74. 1870, non L. O. andamanica Kurz,
l.c. 33. 1870 nom. nud.
Asm.: Khimdabeng.
Undershrubs or small deciduous trees; branches slender. Leaves oblong-elliptic, lanceolate, or linear-lanceolate, usually chartaceous, acute or obtuse at both ends, serrate or rarely crenate along margins,5 - 20 x 2 - 7 cm; petioles 2 - 5 mm long; stipules 5 - 8 mm long. Inflorescence many-flowered, monochasial; pedicels 2 - 4 cm long. Sepals 5, ovate to ovate-oblong, 10 - 16 x 5 - 9 mm, turning dark red, reflexed in fruit. Petals deciduous, 5 - 6, rarely more, obovate, tapering at base, 15 - 25 x 8 - 15 mm. Torus swollen, larger in fruit. Stamens 30 - 60(-75); filaments unequal, persistent, filiform, 3 - 6 mm long. Carpels 5 - 10; style 10 - 15 mm long; stigma branched. Fruits 2 - 3(-5).
Fl. & Fr. March - June.
Distrib. India: Assam, Meghalaya and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
Bangladesh, Myanmar and S.E. Asia.
Uses. The wood is used for huts making. The bark being bitter in taste yields a digestive tonic.
Undershrubs or small deciduous trees; branches slender. Leaves oblong-elliptic, lanceolate, or linear-lanceolate, usually chartaceous, acute or obtuse at both ends, serrate or rarely crenate along margins,5 - 20 x 2 - 7 cm; petioles 2 - 5 mm long; stipules 5 - 8 mm long. Inflorescence many-flowered, monochasial; pedicels 2 - 4 cm long. Sepals 5, ovate to ovate-oblong, 10 - 16 x 5 - 9 mm, turning dark red, reflexed in fruit. Petals deciduous, 5 - 6, rarely more, obovate, tapering at base, 15 - 25 x 8 - 15 mm. Torus swollen, larger in fruit. Stamens 30 - 60(-75); filaments unequal, persistent, filiform, 3 - 6 mm long. Carpels 5 - 10; style 10 - 15 mm long; stigma branched. Fruits 2 - 3(-5).
Fl. & Fr. March - June.
Distrib. India: Assam, Meghalaya and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
Bangladesh, Myanmar and S.E. Asia.
Uses. The wood is used for huts making. The bark being bitter in taste yields a digestive tonic.
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