Antidesma khasianum
Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 362. 1887; Kanjilal et al., Fl. Assam 4:
168. 1940, p. p.; Chakrab. & M.Gangop. in J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 24: 23, f. 9. 2000.
Kh.: Dieng-soh-syllih.
Shrubs, up to 2 m high or small trees (Kanjilal et al., l. c.); branchlets glabrous, sparsely puberulous when young. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, elliptic-lanceolate or narrowly oblongelliptic, acute or cuneate at base, acuminate or caudate at apex, 5 - 16 x 1.5 - 5 cm, chartaceous, glabrous; lateral nerves 5 - 9 pairs; petioles 2.5 - 5 x 1 - 1.5 mm, glabrous; stipules linear to subulate, 2 – 3 (- 7) mm long, deciduous. Male inflorescences terminal and axillary, solitary, paired or 3 together, 2 - 6 cm long, few-branched; bracts sub-flabellate, ca 0.5 mm long; pedicels ca 1 mm long, glabrous; calyx ca 0.6 x 1 mm, glabrous outside; lobes 3 or 4, triangular-deltoid, shallow; disc 3-lobed; stamens 3 or 4, 1 - 1.5 mm long, inserted in the disc; pistillode button-like. Female inflorescences terminal and axillary, simple or few-branched, up to 6 cm long; rachis tomentellous; pedicels ca 1 mm long; calyx ca 1 x 1 mm, glabrous; lobes 4, deltoid, shallow; ovary ovoid, ca 1 mm long, glabrous; styles terminal, ca 1 mm long, stout, recurved above. Fruits ovoid to ovoid-ellipsoid, compressed, 7 - 8 x ca 6 mm, glabrous, alveolate; style terminal; pedicels ca 3 mm long.
Fl. Apr. - July; Fr. Oct. - Nov.
Distrib. India: Common in primary forests, between 1000 and 1500 m altitudes. Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh.
Endemic.
Shrubs, up to 2 m high or small trees (Kanjilal et al., l. c.); branchlets glabrous, sparsely puberulous when young. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, elliptic-lanceolate or narrowly oblongelliptic, acute or cuneate at base, acuminate or caudate at apex, 5 - 16 x 1.5 - 5 cm, chartaceous, glabrous; lateral nerves 5 - 9 pairs; petioles 2.5 - 5 x 1 - 1.5 mm, glabrous; stipules linear to subulate, 2 – 3 (- 7) mm long, deciduous. Male inflorescences terminal and axillary, solitary, paired or 3 together, 2 - 6 cm long, few-branched; bracts sub-flabellate, ca 0.5 mm long; pedicels ca 1 mm long, glabrous; calyx ca 0.6 x 1 mm, glabrous outside; lobes 3 or 4, triangular-deltoid, shallow; disc 3-lobed; stamens 3 or 4, 1 - 1.5 mm long, inserted in the disc; pistillode button-like. Female inflorescences terminal and axillary, simple or few-branched, up to 6 cm long; rachis tomentellous; pedicels ca 1 mm long; calyx ca 1 x 1 mm, glabrous; lobes 4, deltoid, shallow; ovary ovoid, ca 1 mm long, glabrous; styles terminal, ca 1 mm long, stout, recurved above. Fruits ovoid to ovoid-ellipsoid, compressed, 7 - 8 x ca 6 mm, glabrous, alveolate; style terminal; pedicels ca 3 mm long.
Fl. Apr. - July; Fr. Oct. - Nov.
Distrib. India: Common in primary forests, between 1000 and 1500 m altitudes. Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh.
Endemic.
