Excoecaria cochinchinensis
Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 2: 612. 1790; Chakrab. & M.Gangop. in J.
Econ. Taxon. Bot. 18: 199. 1994. Antidesma bicolor Hassk., Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. 81. 1844.
Excoecaria bicolor (Hassk.) Zoll. ex Hassk. in Retzia 1: 158. 1855; Gamble, Fl. Madras (repr. ed.)
2: 941. 1957.
Beng.: Late-gneo.
Shrubs, monoecious, up to 2 m high. Leaves all opposite or spirally arranged along thicker branchlets, oblong-lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, acute or rounded at base, serrulate along margins, caudate-acuminate at apex, 4 - 16 x 1.5 - 4.5 cm, chartaceous, wine-red beneath; lateral nerves 8 - 12 pairs; petioles 2 - 6 mm long. Male inflorescences axillary, 1 – 3 cm long; Flowers: pedicels ca 2 mm long; sepals 3, linear-lanceolate, 1 - 1.3 x 0.2 - 0.4 mm; stamens 3, 1.5 - 2 mm long. Female inflorescences axillary, 2 – 3-flowered. Flowers: pedicels 1 - 2 mm long; sepals 3, triangular to subulate, , 1 - 1.5 x 0.5 - 1.2 mm, laciniate; ovary 1 - 1.5 mm in diam.; styles 3, 2 - 3 mm long, laterally compressed. Fruits 3-lobed, depressed-globose, ca 1 cm across, smooth, greyish on 2 - 3 mm long pedicels.
Fl. & Fr. Oct. - Apr.
Distrib. India: Commonly cultivated in gardens, as ornamental trees. Maharashtra, Goa, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.
Probably native of Indo-China and China, introduced to many countries in SE. Asia.
Shrubs, monoecious, up to 2 m high. Leaves all opposite or spirally arranged along thicker branchlets, oblong-lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, acute or rounded at base, serrulate along margins, caudate-acuminate at apex, 4 - 16 x 1.5 - 4.5 cm, chartaceous, wine-red beneath; lateral nerves 8 - 12 pairs; petioles 2 - 6 mm long. Male inflorescences axillary, 1 – 3 cm long; Flowers: pedicels ca 2 mm long; sepals 3, linear-lanceolate, 1 - 1.3 x 0.2 - 0.4 mm; stamens 3, 1.5 - 2 mm long. Female inflorescences axillary, 2 – 3-flowered. Flowers: pedicels 1 - 2 mm long; sepals 3, triangular to subulate, , 1 - 1.5 x 0.5 - 1.2 mm, laciniate; ovary 1 - 1.5 mm in diam.; styles 3, 2 - 3 mm long, laterally compressed. Fruits 3-lobed, depressed-globose, ca 1 cm across, smooth, greyish on 2 - 3 mm long pedicels.
Fl. & Fr. Oct. - Apr.
Distrib. India: Commonly cultivated in gardens, as ornamental trees. Maharashtra, Goa, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.
Probably native of Indo-China and China, introduced to many countries in SE. Asia.
