Drypetes porteri
(Gamble) Pax & K.Hoffm. in Engl., Pflanzenr. IV.147.xv (heft 81): 268.
1922; Chakrab. et al. in J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 21(2): 271. 1922. Hemicyclia porteri Gamble in
Hooker's, Icon. Pl. 8(1): t. 2701. 1901 & Fl. Madras 2(7): 1300. 1925 (repr. ed. 2: 910. 1957).
Eng.: Agilwood.
Shrubs or trees, 6 - 9 m tall; branchlets initially pubescent, soon glabrous. Leaves elliptic to obovate-oblong or obovate-elliptic, unequal at base, entire along margins, subacute or bluntly acuminate at apex, 5 - 9 x 2 - 4 cm, thinly coriaceous, glabrous; lateral nerves 5 - 7 pairs; petioles 3 - 8 mm long. Inflorescences axillary, also borne in the axils of fallen leaves. Male flowers: pedicels 5 - 10 mm long, puberulous; sepals 4, suborbicular, 4 - 5 x 4 - 5 mm; stamens ca 24, 2 - 2.5 mm long; anthers oblong, ca 1 mm long; disc disciform, crenate. Female flowers and fruits not seen.
Fl. March - May.
Distrib. India: Primary forests, at 600 - 1750 m altitudes, very rare. Tamil Nadu.
Endemic.
Notes. Closely akin to D. wightii but differing in the more finely reticulate minor nervules (rather than running parallel to each another and sometimes branching into veins of higher order) and stamens being more than double in number.
Shrubs or trees, 6 - 9 m tall; branchlets initially pubescent, soon glabrous. Leaves elliptic to obovate-oblong or obovate-elliptic, unequal at base, entire along margins, subacute or bluntly acuminate at apex, 5 - 9 x 2 - 4 cm, thinly coriaceous, glabrous; lateral nerves 5 - 7 pairs; petioles 3 - 8 mm long. Inflorescences axillary, also borne in the axils of fallen leaves. Male flowers: pedicels 5 - 10 mm long, puberulous; sepals 4, suborbicular, 4 - 5 x 4 - 5 mm; stamens ca 24, 2 - 2.5 mm long; anthers oblong, ca 1 mm long; disc disciform, crenate. Female flowers and fruits not seen.
Fl. March - May.
Distrib. India: Primary forests, at 600 - 1750 m altitudes, very rare. Tamil Nadu.
Endemic.
Notes. Closely akin to D. wightii but differing in the more finely reticulate minor nervules (rather than running parallel to each another and sometimes branching into veins of higher order) and stamens being more than double in number.
