Antidesma puncticulatum
Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind., Eerste Bijv. 3: 468. 1860. A. thwaitesianum
Müll.Arg. in DC., Prodr. 15(2): 263. 1866. A. bunius sensu Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 358 - 359. 1887,
p. p.; Pax & K.Hoffm. in Engl., Pflanzenr. IV.147.xv (heft 81): 160 - 161. 1922, p. p., non (L.) Spreng.,
1825.
Sinh.: Karawala kebella.
Trees, up to 12 m tall; branchlets initially puberulous, soon glabrous. Leaves oblong (or narrowly so) to oblong-elliptic or ovate-lanceolate, rounded or acute at base, slightly incurved along margins, acuminate at apex, 8 - 20 x 2.5 - 9 cm, coriaceous, glossy above, glabrous; lateral nerves 5 - 8 pairs; minor venation forming prominent tessellated reticula; petioles 5 - 25 mm long, pulvinate at apex, glabrous. Male inflorescence cauliflorous, simple, fascicled, spicate, slender, 2 - 7 cm long; rachis scattered puberulous; flowers sessile; calyx ca 0.8 x 1 mm; lobes triangular or suborbicular, ca 0.5 x 0.8 mm; disc lobulate, ca 0.8 mm in diam., encircling the bases of filaments; stamens 3 - 4, 1.5 - 2 mm long; anther-thecae ca 0.3 mm across; pistillode tubular, 3-fid, ca 0.3 mm long. Female inflorescences same as in male; pedicels 1 - 1.5 mm long; calyx ca 0.8 x 1.2 mm, glabrous; lobes 3 or 4, suborbicular; ovary subglobose, ca 1 mm in diam., glabrous; styles terminal, ca 1 mm long. Fruits flattened or compressed, broadly ellipsoid, oblong-ellipsoid, quadrate-orbicular or ovoid, 6 - 8 x 4 - 6 mm, glabrous, alveolate; style terminal; pedicels 1 - 2.5 mm long.
Fl. & Fr. April - July.
Distrib. India: Inland forests, at low altitudes, common. Andaman Islands.
Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China, Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo and Philippines.
Trees, up to 12 m tall; branchlets initially puberulous, soon glabrous. Leaves oblong (or narrowly so) to oblong-elliptic or ovate-lanceolate, rounded or acute at base, slightly incurved along margins, acuminate at apex, 8 - 20 x 2.5 - 9 cm, coriaceous, glossy above, glabrous; lateral nerves 5 - 8 pairs; minor venation forming prominent tessellated reticula; petioles 5 - 25 mm long, pulvinate at apex, glabrous. Male inflorescence cauliflorous, simple, fascicled, spicate, slender, 2 - 7 cm long; rachis scattered puberulous; flowers sessile; calyx ca 0.8 x 1 mm; lobes triangular or suborbicular, ca 0.5 x 0.8 mm; disc lobulate, ca 0.8 mm in diam., encircling the bases of filaments; stamens 3 - 4, 1.5 - 2 mm long; anther-thecae ca 0.3 mm across; pistillode tubular, 3-fid, ca 0.3 mm long. Female inflorescences same as in male; pedicels 1 - 1.5 mm long; calyx ca 0.8 x 1.2 mm, glabrous; lobes 3 or 4, suborbicular; ovary subglobose, ca 1 mm in diam., glabrous; styles terminal, ca 1 mm long. Fruits flattened or compressed, broadly ellipsoid, oblong-ellipsoid, quadrate-orbicular or ovoid, 6 - 8 x 4 - 6 mm, glabrous, alveolate; style terminal; pedicels 1 - 2.5 mm long.
Fl. & Fr. April - July.
Distrib. India: Inland forests, at low altitudes, common. Andaman Islands.
Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China, Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo and Philippines.
