Aporosa wallichii
Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 350. 1887; Prain, Bengal Pl. 2: 939. 1903;
Kanjilal et al., Fl. Assam 4: 163. 1940. A. aurea Hook.f., l. c. 351. 1887, p. p.; Prain, l. c. 939. 1903;
Kanjilal et al., l. c. 164. 1940.
Garo: Cham chalja; Kh.: Dieng-shi-ip; Mik.: Tansil-arong.
Trees, 5 - 9 m tall; young shoots tawny puberulous; branchlets glabrous. Leaves narrowly oblong-elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, acute, obtuse to rounded at base, entire to crenulateserrulate and sometimes glandular-notched along margins, acuminate or rarely obtuse at apex, 8 - 20 x 2 – 5 (- 6) cm, chartaceous or often thinly coriaceous, glabrous; lateral nerves 5 - 10 pairs; petioles 5 - 25 mm long; stipules narrowly ovate, 5 -7 x 2 – 3 mm, caducous. Male inflorescences 2 - 5 cm long; bracts triangular, 0.7 - 1.5 mm long; sepals 3 or 4, ovate-triangular or oblong, ca 1 x 0.5 mm; stamens 2 or 3, 1.5 - 2 mm long. Female inflorescences fasciculate; bracts triangular, 0.8 - 1.2 mm long; sepals 3 or 4, triangular, 1.5 - 2 x 0.6 - 1.2 mm; ovary ovoid or flask-shaped, ca 2 x 1.5 mm, 2-locular, glabrous; stylar column 1.5 - 2 mm long; stigmas 2, ca 1 mm broad. Fruits ovoid to oblong, 10 - 15 x 7 - 8 mm, thin-walled, 2-locular, glabrous, drying brown to black; seeds ellipsoid, 7 -10 x 3 – 5 mm, bilobed, black.
Fl. & Fr. Dec. - May.
Distrib. India: Dry evergreen or deciduous forests. Meghalaya and Tripura.
Bangladesh, Myanmar and Thailand.
Trees, 5 - 9 m tall; young shoots tawny puberulous; branchlets glabrous. Leaves narrowly oblong-elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, acute, obtuse to rounded at base, entire to crenulateserrulate and sometimes glandular-notched along margins, acuminate or rarely obtuse at apex, 8 - 20 x 2 – 5 (- 6) cm, chartaceous or often thinly coriaceous, glabrous; lateral nerves 5 - 10 pairs; petioles 5 - 25 mm long; stipules narrowly ovate, 5 -7 x 2 – 3 mm, caducous. Male inflorescences 2 - 5 cm long; bracts triangular, 0.7 - 1.5 mm long; sepals 3 or 4, ovate-triangular or oblong, ca 1 x 0.5 mm; stamens 2 or 3, 1.5 - 2 mm long. Female inflorescences fasciculate; bracts triangular, 0.8 - 1.2 mm long; sepals 3 or 4, triangular, 1.5 - 2 x 0.6 - 1.2 mm; ovary ovoid or flask-shaped, ca 2 x 1.5 mm, 2-locular, glabrous; stylar column 1.5 - 2 mm long; stigmas 2, ca 1 mm broad. Fruits ovoid to oblong, 10 - 15 x 7 - 8 mm, thin-walled, 2-locular, glabrous, drying brown to black; seeds ellipsoid, 7 -10 x 3 – 5 mm, bilobed, black.
Fl. & Fr. Dec. - May.
Distrib. India: Dry evergreen or deciduous forests. Meghalaya and Tripura.
Bangladesh, Myanmar and Thailand.
