Meliosma dilleniifolia
(Wallich ex Wight & Arn.) Walp., Rep. Bot.
Syst. 1; 423. 1842 ("dilleniaefolia"); Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 4. 1876.
Millingtonia dilleniifolia Wallich ex Wight & Arn. in Edinb. New Phil. J.
15: 179. 1833.
Hindi: Gwep, Gweb, Gulpha, Goguna, Goi, Shapra, Bakarshang; Nep.:
Lekhgogun, Rani gogun, Maigoza; Punj.: Kanna, Karkon.
Small trees, ca 10 (-15) m tall. Leaves obovate or elliptic to oblong, 7 - 30 x 4 - 15 cm, cuneate, acute or attenuate at base, closely and finely dentate along margins, never repand, sparsely to densely pubescent, nerves 13 - 27 pairs. Panicles erect, 14 - 28 cm long with straight main and lateral axes. Sepals 5 - 4, broadly ovate, more or less unequal, the outer 2 or 1 usually smaller, often very minute. Petals 5; outer ones glabrous; inner ones ca half way bifid, lobes acute, glabrous. Stamens 5, inner 2 fertile and outer 3 staminodial. Ovary 0.5 - 0.7 mm, glabrous.
Fl. & Fr. : May - Oct.
Distrib. India : Himalayan region, in evergreen forests at 2000 - 2300 m altitude; reported to be found in thickets by streams and in shady forest ravines. Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh.
North Myanmar and Nepal.
Notes. The leaves are used as fodder.
Small trees, ca 10 (-15) m tall. Leaves obovate or elliptic to oblong, 7 - 30 x 4 - 15 cm, cuneate, acute or attenuate at base, closely and finely dentate along margins, never repand, sparsely to densely pubescent, nerves 13 - 27 pairs. Panicles erect, 14 - 28 cm long with straight main and lateral axes. Sepals 5 - 4, broadly ovate, more or less unequal, the outer 2 or 1 usually smaller, often very minute. Petals 5; outer ones glabrous; inner ones ca half way bifid, lobes acute, glabrous. Stamens 5, inner 2 fertile and outer 3 staminodial. Ovary 0.5 - 0.7 mm, glabrous.
Fl. & Fr. : May - Oct.
Distrib. India : Himalayan region, in evergreen forests at 2000 - 2300 m altitude; reported to be found in thickets by streams and in shady forest ravines. Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh.
North Myanmar and Nepal.
Notes. The leaves are used as fodder.
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