Excoecaria acerifolia
Didr. in Vidensk. Meddel. Dansk Naturhist. Foren. Kjobenhavn
1857: 129. 1857; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 473. 1888, p. p. excl. quoad specim. montibus Khasia;
Chakrab. & M.Gangop. in J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 18: 197. f. 1. 1994. Stillingia himalayensis
Klotzsch in Bot. Ergebn. Reise Waldemar 116, t. 21. 1862.
Hindi: Basingh; Kum.: Phutkia.
Shrubs,, 1 - 2 m high, evergreen; branches longitudinally angular. Leaves alternate, elliptic, oblong-lanceolate or oblanceolate, acute or subacute at base, closely acutely glandularserrulate along margins, acuminate or caudate at apex, 3.5 - 12 x 3 - 5 cm, chartaceous to coriaceous, glabrous; lateral nerves 6 - 10 pairs, parallel to each other; petioles 2 - 10 mm long. Male inflorescences terminal, spicate, 3 - 5 cm long; bracts broadly triangular-ovate, 1 - 1.3 x 1.5 - 2 mm, entire. Flowers: sessile, 2 or 3 together; sepals 3, linear-lanceolate, 1 - 1.3 x 0.3 - 0.4 mm, entire; stamens 3, 1.8 - 2 mm long; filaments ca 1.5 mm long. Female inflorescences terminal and axillary, solitary or 2 – 3-flowered. Flowers: sessile to subsessile; sepals 3, broadly ovate, ca 1.5 x 1 mm, entire; ovary globose, ca 1 mm in diam.; styles 3, stout, 3 - 5 mm long, sometimes bifid above. Fruits somewhat depressed, 2- or 3-lobed, 1 - 1.2 x 1.5 - 1.8 cm, smooth, thin-walled; pedicels 2 - 5 mm long.
Fl. Mar. - July; Fr. June - Dec.
Distrib. India: Evergreen tropical to subtropical hill forests at 1000 - 2000 m altitudes. Uttarakhand (Kumaon) and Arunachal Pradesh [Kameng dist., Panigrahi 16037 (CAL)].
Nepal, Bhutan and China.
Uses. Bhutias of Kameng dist. of Arunachal Pradesh use leaves externally for rheumatism.
Notes. Chromosome number: n = 11 (Gill & Bedi, Taxon 28: 402. 1979).
Shrubs,, 1 - 2 m high, evergreen; branches longitudinally angular. Leaves alternate, elliptic, oblong-lanceolate or oblanceolate, acute or subacute at base, closely acutely glandularserrulate along margins, acuminate or caudate at apex, 3.5 - 12 x 3 - 5 cm, chartaceous to coriaceous, glabrous; lateral nerves 6 - 10 pairs, parallel to each other; petioles 2 - 10 mm long. Male inflorescences terminal, spicate, 3 - 5 cm long; bracts broadly triangular-ovate, 1 - 1.3 x 1.5 - 2 mm, entire. Flowers: sessile, 2 or 3 together; sepals 3, linear-lanceolate, 1 - 1.3 x 0.3 - 0.4 mm, entire; stamens 3, 1.8 - 2 mm long; filaments ca 1.5 mm long. Female inflorescences terminal and axillary, solitary or 2 – 3-flowered. Flowers: sessile to subsessile; sepals 3, broadly ovate, ca 1.5 x 1 mm, entire; ovary globose, ca 1 mm in diam.; styles 3, stout, 3 - 5 mm long, sometimes bifid above. Fruits somewhat depressed, 2- or 3-lobed, 1 - 1.2 x 1.5 - 1.8 cm, smooth, thin-walled; pedicels 2 - 5 mm long.
Fl. Mar. - July; Fr. June - Dec.
Distrib. India: Evergreen tropical to subtropical hill forests at 1000 - 2000 m altitudes. Uttarakhand (Kumaon) and Arunachal Pradesh [Kameng dist., Panigrahi 16037 (CAL)].
Nepal, Bhutan and China.
Uses. Bhutias of Kameng dist. of Arunachal Pradesh use leaves externally for rheumatism.
Notes. Chromosome number: n = 11 (Gill & Bedi, Taxon 28: 402. 1979).
