Drypetes indica
(Müll.Arg.) Pax & K.Hoffm. in Engl., Pflanzenr. IV.147.xv (heft 81): 278.
1922; Kanjilal et al., Fl. Assam 4: 177. 1940; Chakrab. et al. in J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 21: 265. 1997.
Cyclostemon indicus Müll.Arg. in Linnaea 32: 81. 1863 & in DC., Prodr. 15(2): 481. 1866; Hook.f.,
Fl. Brit. India 5: 340. 1887. C. lancifolius Hook.f., l. c. 340. 1887. C. griffithii Hook.f., l. c. 340.
1887. Drypetes lancifolia (Hook.f.) Pax & K.Hoffm., l. c. 277. 1922; Kanjilal et al. l. c. 177. 1940.
D. griffithii (Hook.f.) Pax & K.Hoffm., l. c. 277. 1922; Kanjilal et al. l. c. 177. 1940.
Kh.: Dieng-kwai.
Trees, up to 30 m tall; young shoots arising from prominent fusiform strobili of chaffy perulae; branchlets glabrous. Leaves narrowly oblong-elliptic or oblong-lanceolate to ellipticlanceolate, unequal and acute to obtuse at base, entire, caudate or acuminate at apex, 7 - 15 x 2 - 4.5 cm, chartaceous to stiffly coriaceous, glabrous, often glossy; lateral nerves 5 - 12 pairs; petioles (1-) 3 - 5 (-10) mm long. Inflorescences axillary. Male flowers: pedicels 5 - 12 mm long; sepals 4, obovate to suborbicular or triangular, 2 - 3 x 2 - 2.5 mm; stamens 4 - 8, 2 - 2.5 mm long; anthers ellipsoid to suborbicular, 0.5 - 1 mm long; disc flat, entire or lobed. Female flowers: pedicels 5 - 25 mm long; sepals 4, elliptic to suborbicular, 3 - 4 x 2.5 - 3.5 mm; disc annular; ovary globose, ca 2 mm in diam., 2-locular, ochraceous tomentellous; styles 2, connate, 2 - 3 mm long; stigmas 2, flabellate or capitate, ca 0.5 mm across. Fruits subglobose or ellipsoid-oblong, 10 - 25 x 10 - 15 mm, sometimes bilobed, 2-locular, evanescently pubescent.
Fl. & Fr. April - Dec.
Distrib. India: Primary forests or tropical forests, up to 1650 m altitude; scarce. West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya.
Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, China and Taiwan.
Trees, up to 30 m tall; young shoots arising from prominent fusiform strobili of chaffy perulae; branchlets glabrous. Leaves narrowly oblong-elliptic or oblong-lanceolate to ellipticlanceolate, unequal and acute to obtuse at base, entire, caudate or acuminate at apex, 7 - 15 x 2 - 4.5 cm, chartaceous to stiffly coriaceous, glabrous, often glossy; lateral nerves 5 - 12 pairs; petioles (1-) 3 - 5 (-10) mm long. Inflorescences axillary. Male flowers: pedicels 5 - 12 mm long; sepals 4, obovate to suborbicular or triangular, 2 - 3 x 2 - 2.5 mm; stamens 4 - 8, 2 - 2.5 mm long; anthers ellipsoid to suborbicular, 0.5 - 1 mm long; disc flat, entire or lobed. Female flowers: pedicels 5 - 25 mm long; sepals 4, elliptic to suborbicular, 3 - 4 x 2.5 - 3.5 mm; disc annular; ovary globose, ca 2 mm in diam., 2-locular, ochraceous tomentellous; styles 2, connate, 2 - 3 mm long; stigmas 2, flabellate or capitate, ca 0.5 mm across. Fruits subglobose or ellipsoid-oblong, 10 - 25 x 10 - 15 mm, sometimes bilobed, 2-locular, evanescently pubescent.
Fl. & Fr. April - Dec.
Distrib. India: Primary forests or tropical forests, up to 1650 m altitude; scarce. West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya.
Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, China and Taiwan.
