Glochidion daltonii
(Müll.Arg.) Bedd., Forester's Man. 195. 1873; Kurz, Prelim. Rep.
For. Veg. Pegu, App. A: p. cv, App. B: 77, in clavi. 1875 (as 'daltoni') & Forest Fl. Burma 2: 344.
1877; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 320. 1887; Kanjilal et al., Fl. Assam 4: 187. 1940; Chakrab. &
M.Gangop. in J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 19: 194, f. 3. A - E. 1995. Phyllanthus daltonii Müll.Arg. in
Flora 48: 388. 1865 & in DC., Prodr. 15(2): 310. 1866 (excl. specimen of Perrottet). Glochidion
gamblei Hook.f., l. c. 310. 1887; Kanjilal et al., l. c. 183. 1940.
Garo.: Bolchiring.
Shrubs or trees, 1 - 20 m tall, almost entirely glabrous; branchlets very occasionally pubescent. Leaves narrowly elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, sometimes subfalcate, unequal and acute at base, shortly decurrent into petioles at the extreme base, sometimes curling downwards along margins on drying, acuminate at apex, 4 - 14 x 1.5 - 4.5 cm, thinly to stiffly coriaceous, often glossy; lateral nerves slender, 5 - 9 pairs; petioles 2 - 4 mm long. Inflorescences many-flowered. Male flowers: pedicels 5 - 10 mm long; sepals oblong to oblanceolate, 2.5 - 3.5 x 1 - 2 mm; anthers 3 - 5, ca 1.5 mm long. Female flowers: sessile; sepals 3 + 2 (- 3), almost free, oblong, triangular or oblanceolate, 1 - 2.5 x 0.5 - 1.2 mm; ovary subglobose, ca 1 mm in diam., 4 - 6-locular, tomentose; style clavate or obconic, becoming more or less columnar later on, 2 - 5 x 1 - 2 mm; lobes 4 - 6, triangular or orbicular, 0.3 - 0.8 mm long, erect or spreading (thereby forming the clavae). Fruits depressed-subglobose, 4 - 6 x 10 - 15 mm, 4 - 6-locular, prominently lobed with bilobulate lobes, puberulous to glabrous.
Fl. & Fr. Jan. - Sept.
Distrib. India: Subtropical forests, primary forests, up to 1200 m altitude. West Bengal, Sikkim, Meghalaya and Assam.
Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, China and Vietnam.
Shrubs or trees, 1 - 20 m tall, almost entirely glabrous; branchlets very occasionally pubescent. Leaves narrowly elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, sometimes subfalcate, unequal and acute at base, shortly decurrent into petioles at the extreme base, sometimes curling downwards along margins on drying, acuminate at apex, 4 - 14 x 1.5 - 4.5 cm, thinly to stiffly coriaceous, often glossy; lateral nerves slender, 5 - 9 pairs; petioles 2 - 4 mm long. Inflorescences many-flowered. Male flowers: pedicels 5 - 10 mm long; sepals oblong to oblanceolate, 2.5 - 3.5 x 1 - 2 mm; anthers 3 - 5, ca 1.5 mm long. Female flowers: sessile; sepals 3 + 2 (- 3), almost free, oblong, triangular or oblanceolate, 1 - 2.5 x 0.5 - 1.2 mm; ovary subglobose, ca 1 mm in diam., 4 - 6-locular, tomentose; style clavate or obconic, becoming more or less columnar later on, 2 - 5 x 1 - 2 mm; lobes 4 - 6, triangular or orbicular, 0.3 - 0.8 mm long, erect or spreading (thereby forming the clavae). Fruits depressed-subglobose, 4 - 6 x 10 - 15 mm, 4 - 6-locular, prominently lobed with bilobulate lobes, puberulous to glabrous.
Fl. & Fr. Jan. - Sept.
Distrib. India: Subtropical forests, primary forests, up to 1200 m altitude. West Bengal, Sikkim, Meghalaya and Assam.
Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, China and Vietnam.
