Turpinia cochinchinensis
(Lour.) Merr. in J. Arn. Arb. 19: 43. 1938. Triceros
cochinchinensis Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 184. 1790. Turpinia nepalensis Wight
& Arn., Prodr. 156. 1834. T.
pomifera auct Hiern in Fl. Brit. India 1: 698. 1875, p.p.
[non (Rox.) DC., 1825].
Asm.: Pani-Letchu; Kh.: Dieng jarrthri.
Shrubs to small trees, up to 7 m tall; bark grey, corky. Leaflets elliptic-oblong, 5 - 12 x 2 - 4 mm, base acute to cuneate, coriaceous, glabrous, serrulate; lateral nerves 4 - 7, secondary nerves indistinct. Flowers in axillary or terminal panicles, greenish white, 2 to 5 mm in diam. Petals shortly cillate. Filaments glabrous. Disc 5-lobed. Nuts globose, up to 8 mm in diam. 1 - 3-lobed.
Fl. & Fr. : Jan - Nov.
Distrib. India: Western Himalaya, Eastern subtropical Himalaya, Western Ghats, in wet evergreen and Shola forests, between 1000 - 2000 m. Uttar Pradesh, Sikkim, Assam, Meghalya, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
Nepal, Myanmar, Vietnam and China.
Shrubs to small trees, up to 7 m tall; bark grey, corky. Leaflets elliptic-oblong, 5 - 12 x 2 - 4 mm, base acute to cuneate, coriaceous, glabrous, serrulate; lateral nerves 4 - 7, secondary nerves indistinct. Flowers in axillary or terminal panicles, greenish white, 2 to 5 mm in diam. Petals shortly cillate. Filaments glabrous. Disc 5-lobed. Nuts globose, up to 8 mm in diam. 1 - 3-lobed.
Fl. & Fr. : Jan - Nov.
Distrib. India: Western Himalaya, Eastern subtropical Himalaya, Western Ghats, in wet evergreen and Shola forests, between 1000 - 2000 m. Uttar Pradesh, Sikkim, Assam, Meghalya, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
Nepal, Myanmar, Vietnam and China.
