Glochidion acuminatum
Müll.Arg. in Linnaea 32: 68. 1863; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 323.
1887; Kanjilal et al., Fl. Assam 4: 186. 1940; Chakrab. & M.Gangop. in J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 19: 181,
f. 9. A - E. 1995.
Asm.: Gorumora; Kh.: Dieng-jem, Dieng-jerti; Lep.: Kair-kung, Tetrikair; Nep.: Latikath.
Trees, 5 - 12 m tall; branchlets appressed puberulous. Leaves narrowly elliptic to oblong or elliptic-lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, often subfalcate, cuneate, acute or inequilateral at base and frequently decurrent into petioles at the extreme base, acuminate or caudate or sometimes apiculate at apex, 3 - 16 x 1 - 5 cm, chartaceous to thinly coriaceous, glabrous or sparsely puberulous on major nerves above, sparsely appressed puberulous on nerves beneath; lateral nerves 5 - 9 (- 12) pairs; petioles 2 - 5 mm long, puberulous. Inflorescences rarely slightly supraaxillary and shortly pedunculate, unisexual or mixed, many-flowered. Male flowers: pedicels 5 - 8 mm long; sepals oblong, elliptic or obovate, 1.5 - 3 x 1 - 2 mm; anthers 3, 1 - 1.5 mm long. Female flowers: pedicels 0.5 - 4 x ca 0.5 mm; sepals as in male, but 0.8 - 2 x 0.5 - 1.2 mm; ovary subglobose, ca 1 mm in diam., (3 -) 4 - 5 -(- 6)-locular, tomentellous or sometimes glabrous; style columnar to clavate, 0.5 - 2 mm long; lobes 4 or 5, ovate, orbicular, oblong or linear, 0.3 - 1 mm long, erect or spreading. Fruits depressed-subglobose, deeply lobed with bilobulate lobes, 3 - 4 x 6 - 9 mm, (3 -) 4 - 5 (- 6)-locular, evanescently pubescent; pedicels 5 - 10 mm long, slender.
Fl. & Fr. April - Nov.
Distrib. India: Warm broad-leaved subtropical forests of the E. Himalayas, at 1000 - 2100 m altitudes, in primary forests in NE. India, up to 1800 m altitude. West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Mizoram.
Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, China and Thailand (var. siamense).
Notes. Chromosome number: 2n = 52 (Hans in Taxon 22: 591 - 636. 1973).
Trees, 5 - 12 m tall; branchlets appressed puberulous. Leaves narrowly elliptic to oblong or elliptic-lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, often subfalcate, cuneate, acute or inequilateral at base and frequently decurrent into petioles at the extreme base, acuminate or caudate or sometimes apiculate at apex, 3 - 16 x 1 - 5 cm, chartaceous to thinly coriaceous, glabrous or sparsely puberulous on major nerves above, sparsely appressed puberulous on nerves beneath; lateral nerves 5 - 9 (- 12) pairs; petioles 2 - 5 mm long, puberulous. Inflorescences rarely slightly supraaxillary and shortly pedunculate, unisexual or mixed, many-flowered. Male flowers: pedicels 5 - 8 mm long; sepals oblong, elliptic or obovate, 1.5 - 3 x 1 - 2 mm; anthers 3, 1 - 1.5 mm long. Female flowers: pedicels 0.5 - 4 x ca 0.5 mm; sepals as in male, but 0.8 - 2 x 0.5 - 1.2 mm; ovary subglobose, ca 1 mm in diam., (3 -) 4 - 5 -(- 6)-locular, tomentellous or sometimes glabrous; style columnar to clavate, 0.5 - 2 mm long; lobes 4 or 5, ovate, orbicular, oblong or linear, 0.3 - 1 mm long, erect or spreading. Fruits depressed-subglobose, deeply lobed with bilobulate lobes, 3 - 4 x 6 - 9 mm, (3 -) 4 - 5 (- 6)-locular, evanescently pubescent; pedicels 5 - 10 mm long, slender.
Fl. & Fr. April - Nov.
Distrib. India: Warm broad-leaved subtropical forests of the E. Himalayas, at 1000 - 2100 m altitudes, in primary forests in NE. India, up to 1800 m altitude. West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Mizoram.
Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, China and Thailand (var. siamense).
Notes. Chromosome number: 2n = 52 (Hans in Taxon 22: 591 - 636. 1973).
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