Triadica cochinchinensis
Lour., Fl. Cochinch. ed. 1, 2: 610. 1790 & ed. 2, 2: 749. 1793.
Stillingia discolor Champ. ex Benth. in Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 6: 1. 1854. Sapium
discolor (Champ. ex Benth.) Müll.Arg. in Linnaea 32: 121. 1863; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 469.
1888; Chakrab. & M.Gangop. in J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 14: 183. 1990. S. eugeniifolium Buch.-Ham.
[in Wall., Cat. No. 7970. 1847, nom. nud.] ex Hook.f., l. c. 470. 1888, as ‘eugeniaefolium’; Kanjilal
et al., Fl. Assam 4: 206. 1940.
Asm.: Korha; Kh.: Dieng-soh-mrit; Nep.: Pipalpate, Phirphire.
Shrubs to trees, up to 25 m tall. Leaves pinkish when young, withering blood red, ovate to elliptic, acute, cuneate to attenuate at base, acute to acuminate at apex, (2.5 -) 6 - 13 x (1 -) 2 - 6 cm, with a pair of basal glands, whitish-papillate to whitish-glaucous beneath, with 0 - 3 glands per side; lateral nerves 9 - 17 pairs; petioles 1 – 5 cm long with 2 large glands at apex; stipules 0.3 – 2 x 0.6 – 0.7 mm. Inflorescences simple dense terminal racemes, male part 2.5 – 5 cm long; bracts of male cymules 1 – 2 mm long, with glands of 1 – 1.5 mm diam. Male flowers: pedicel 2 - 3 mm long, articulate near base; calyx ca 1 mm long; stamens with 0.7 - 1 mm long filaments when flowering; anthers 0.4 - 0.5 mm long. Female flowers: up to 13 per thyrse; pedicels 2 - 4 mm long; calyx 1 - 2 mm long, sepals rarely with basi-marginal glands; style 1 - 3 mm long, stigmata 2 - 3 mm long. Fruits subglobose, circular in outline, 8 - 10 mm in diam., often clavate at base, rounded at apex; pericarp 0.3 - 0.4 mm thick; columella distinctly 3-winged, 1.5 - 2.5 mm, with conspicuously arching vein along margins, persistent; fruiting pedicels 2.5 - 6 mm long; seeds globose, 3.5 – 5 mm across, white or brownish when dry.
Fl. & Fr. May – Dec.
Distrib. India: Subtropical primary and secondary forests, thickets and hillsides, up to 1000 m altitude. NE. India.
Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China, China, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, N. Borneo, Philippines and Celebes.
Uses. Silk worms feed on the plant in Assam.
Shrubs to trees, up to 25 m tall. Leaves pinkish when young, withering blood red, ovate to elliptic, acute, cuneate to attenuate at base, acute to acuminate at apex, (2.5 -) 6 - 13 x (1 -) 2 - 6 cm, with a pair of basal glands, whitish-papillate to whitish-glaucous beneath, with 0 - 3 glands per side; lateral nerves 9 - 17 pairs; petioles 1 – 5 cm long with 2 large glands at apex; stipules 0.3 – 2 x 0.6 – 0.7 mm. Inflorescences simple dense terminal racemes, male part 2.5 – 5 cm long; bracts of male cymules 1 – 2 mm long, with glands of 1 – 1.5 mm diam. Male flowers: pedicel 2 - 3 mm long, articulate near base; calyx ca 1 mm long; stamens with 0.7 - 1 mm long filaments when flowering; anthers 0.4 - 0.5 mm long. Female flowers: up to 13 per thyrse; pedicels 2 - 4 mm long; calyx 1 - 2 mm long, sepals rarely with basi-marginal glands; style 1 - 3 mm long, stigmata 2 - 3 mm long. Fruits subglobose, circular in outline, 8 - 10 mm in diam., often clavate at base, rounded at apex; pericarp 0.3 - 0.4 mm thick; columella distinctly 3-winged, 1.5 - 2.5 mm, with conspicuously arching vein along margins, persistent; fruiting pedicels 2.5 - 6 mm long; seeds globose, 3.5 – 5 mm across, white or brownish when dry.
Fl. & Fr. May – Dec.
Distrib. India: Subtropical primary and secondary forests, thickets and hillsides, up to 1000 m altitude. NE. India.
Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China, China, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, N. Borneo, Philippines and Celebes.
Uses. Silk worms feed on the plant in Assam.
