Glochidion coccineum
(Buch.-Ham.) Müll.Arg. in Linnaea 32: 60. 1863; Hook.f., Fl. Brit.
India 5: 308. 1887; Kanjilal et al., Fl. Assam 4: 182. 1940; Chakrab. & M.Gangop. in J. Econ. Taxon.
Bot. 19: 192, f. 6 A - D. 1995. Agyneia coccinea Buch.-Ham in Symes, Embassy Ava 479. 1800 &
ed. 2, 3: 317. 1809. Phyllanthus coccineus (Buch.-Ham.) Müll.Arg. in Flora 48: 370. 1865 & in
DC., Prodr. 15(2): 280. 1866.
Burm.: Ta-ma-sik.
Shrubs or trees, up to 12 m tall; branchlets tomentose, glabrescent with age. Leaves oblong, elliptic-oblong to oblong-lanceolate, unequal-sided and acute to obtuse or rounded at base, rounded, subacute to acuminate at apex, 5 – 16 x 2 – 6.5 cm, coriaceous, sparsely pilose on midrib to glabrous; lateral nerves 5 – 11 pairs; petioles 2 – 5 mm long. Male flowers: pedicels 7 – 10 mm long, sparsely pilose; sepals oblong, obovate to oblanceolate, 1.5 – 4 x 1 – 2 mm; anthers 5 or 6, 1.5 – 2 mm long. Female flowers: sessile; sepals ovate to suborbicular, 1 – 1.5 mm across, tomentellous; ovary depressed, ca 1.5 mm in diam., 8 – 12-locular, villous; style conical, invaginated at apex, crenulate (the crenulations representing the apical lobes), ca 1 mm long. Fruits sessile, depressed, 8 – 12 x 16 – 25 mm, 8 – 12-locular, 16 – 24-lobed with shallow and narrow lobes, puberulous to glabrous, white when fresh, dark brown or coppery when dry.
Fl. & Fr. Nov. – May.
Distrib. India: Mixed deciduous forests. Rare. ?West Bengal (J.D. Hooker s. n. in Müll.Arg, l. c. 1866) and Assam (Kanjilal et al. l. c. 1940). No specimen from India seen.
Myanmar, Thailand, China, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.
Shrubs or trees, up to 12 m tall; branchlets tomentose, glabrescent with age. Leaves oblong, elliptic-oblong to oblong-lanceolate, unequal-sided and acute to obtuse or rounded at base, rounded, subacute to acuminate at apex, 5 – 16 x 2 – 6.5 cm, coriaceous, sparsely pilose on midrib to glabrous; lateral nerves 5 – 11 pairs; petioles 2 – 5 mm long. Male flowers: pedicels 7 – 10 mm long, sparsely pilose; sepals oblong, obovate to oblanceolate, 1.5 – 4 x 1 – 2 mm; anthers 5 or 6, 1.5 – 2 mm long. Female flowers: sessile; sepals ovate to suborbicular, 1 – 1.5 mm across, tomentellous; ovary depressed, ca 1.5 mm in diam., 8 – 12-locular, villous; style conical, invaginated at apex, crenulate (the crenulations representing the apical lobes), ca 1 mm long. Fruits sessile, depressed, 8 – 12 x 16 – 25 mm, 8 – 12-locular, 16 – 24-lobed with shallow and narrow lobes, puberulous to glabrous, white when fresh, dark brown or coppery when dry.
Fl. & Fr. Nov. – May.
Distrib. India: Mixed deciduous forests. Rare. ?West Bengal (J.D. Hooker s. n. in Müll.Arg, l. c. 1866) and Assam (Kanjilal et al. l. c. 1940). No specimen from India seen.
Myanmar, Thailand, China, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.
