Antidesma montanum
Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1124. 1826 - 27; Chakrab. & M.Gangop.
in J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 24: 26, f. 11. 2000. A. pubescens Roxb. var. menasu Tul. in Ann. Sci. Nat.
Bot. Ser. III, 15: 215. 1851. A. acuminatum Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 6: 12, t. 1991. 1853;
Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 363. 1887. A. menasu (Tul.) Müll.Arg. in DC., Prodr. 15(2): 257. 1866, p.
p., tantum quoad Hohenacker 104, non Kurz 1877; Hook.f., l. c. 364. 1887, p. p.; T. Cooke, Fl.
Bombay 2(3): 594. 1906; Gamble, Fl. Madras 2(7): 1298. 1925 (repr. ed. 2: 908. 1957); Kanjilal et al.,
Fl. Assam 4: 169. 1940. A. menasu var. linearifolia Hook.f., l. c. 364. 1887.
Shrubs or trees, 2 - 20 m tall; branchlets tomentose, glabrous in age. Leaves oblong,
oblong-elliptic to lanceolate, acute, obtuse to rounded at base, caudate or acuminate at apex, 6
- 30 x 2 - 10 cm, chartaceous to thinly coriaceous, often glossy, glabrous or puberulous on midrib
above, glabrous or tomentose to sparsely puberulous on midrib (often also on lateral nerves)
beneath; lateral nerves 4 - 12 pairs; petioles (2 -) 3 - 10 x 1 - 2.5 mm; stipules caducous. Male
inflorescences terminal and axillary, simple or paniculate racemes, 3 - 14 cm long; pedicels 0.5 -
2 mm long; calyx ca 0.6 x 1 - 1.5 mm; lobes 3 or 4, triangular, deltoid or ovate, deep; disc 3 or 4-
lobed; stamens 3 or 4, 1 - 3 mm long; filaments inserted into the excavations of the disc;
pistillode knob-like or capitate, ca 0.5 mm long. Female inflorescences terminal and axillary,
simple or few-branched racemes, 5 - 10 (- 18) cm long; pedicels 0.5 - 3 mm long; calyx ca 1 x 1 - 2
mm; lobes 4, deep, triangular, deltoid or suborbicular; ovary ovoid or subglobose, 1 - 1.8 x ca 1
mm, glabrous; styles terminal, ca 1 mm long. Fruits ellipsoid to ovoid or sometimes rhomboidellipsoid
or rarely ovoid-pyriform, 3 - 6 x 2.5 - 4 mm, glabrous, alveolate or ribbed; style terminal;
pedicels 1 - 3 mm long.
KEY TO THE VARIETIES
| 1a. Plants rheophytic; spreading shrubs, up to 3 m tall; leaves linear-lanceolate, acute at apex, or sometimes rounded at the very tip, 4 - 10 times longer than wide, 3 - 6 x 0.4 - 1.2 cm; petioles 2 - 3 mm long, 0.7 – 1 mm wide; male inflorescences 1 – 4 cm long; female inflorescences ca 2 cm long | 9.1. microphyllum |
| b. Plants not rheophytic; shrubs or trees, up to 20 m tall; leaves otherwise, acuminate at apex, 1 – 4 (- 6) times longer than wide, 6 - 30 x 2 - 12 cm; petioles 2 – 6 (-15) mm long, 1 - 2 mm wide; male inflorescences 3 – 14 cm long; female inflorescences 5 - 10 (-18) cm long | 9.2. montanum |
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