Glochidion andamanicum
Kurz in J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 42(2): 238. 1873
& Forest Fl. Burma 2: 346. 1877; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 322. 1887. Phyllanthus andamanicus
Kurz, Rep. Veg. Andaman Isl. ed. 1: 16. 1868, nom. illeg.
Trees, 4 - 7.5 m tall; branchlets glabrous. Leaves oblong, ovate-oblong to lanceolate or
broadly elliptic or obovate-oblong, acute or unequal at base, usually decurrent into petioles at
the extreme base, acute, apiculate to acuminate at apex, 4.5 - 15 x 2.5 - 7 cm (the lower ones
smaller and often orbicular-elliptic), thinly coriaceous, glabrous, tomentellous to sparsely
puberulous or often glaucescent beneath; lateral nerves 4 - 7 (- 10) pairs; petioles 2 - 5 (- 10) mm
long, glabrous or sparsely puberulous. Inflorescences few-flowered or dense-flowered. Male
flowers: pedicels slender, 3 (- 6) mm long; sepals oblong to elliptic, 1.2 - 3 x 0.5 - 1.5 mm; anthers
3 - 5, 0.8 - 1.5 mm long. Female flowers: sessile; sepals oblong to elliptic, triangular or linear, 1.3
- 3 x 0.2 - 1 mm; ovary depressed, 1 - 2 mm in diam., (4 -) 5 or 6-locular, densely puberulous; style
columnar to subconical, 1 - 2 x 0.8 - 1.5 mm, puberulous; style-lobes 5 - 6, triangular, oblong,
subulate or linear, 0.3 - 0.7 mm long, often bilobulate. Fruits sessile or on up to 2.5 mm long
pedicels, depressed-subglobose, (4 -) 5 x 13 - 18 mm, (4 -) 5 or 6-locular, deeply lobed with the
lobes bilobulate, puberulous, brown when dry.
KEY TO THE VARIETIES
| 1a. Branchlets and leaves beneath glabrous; fruits sessile | 2.1. andamanicum |
| b. Branchlets and leaves beneath (at least on midrib) puberulous; fruits with 2 - 5 mm long pedicels | 2.2. desmogyne |
