Glochidion heyneanum
(Wight & Arn.) Wight [Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 5(2): 29, t. 1908
(lower right hand side figures). 1852, in obs.] ex Bedd., Forester's Man. 195. 1873; 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: 205, f. 13. A - G. 1995. Gynoon heyneanum Wight & Arn. in Edinburgh New
Philos. J. 14: 300. 1833 & in D.Dietr., Syn. Pl. 5: 388. 1852. Glochidion velutinum Wight, l. c. t.
1907, f. 2. 1852; Bedd., l. c. 195. 1873; Hook.f., l. c. 322. 1887. Phyllanthus heyneanus (Wight &
Arn.) Müll.Arg. in Flora 48: 389. 1865 & in DC., Prodr. 15(2): 311. 1866, non Müll.Arg. 1863. P.
velutinus (Wight) Müll.Arg., l l. c c. 387. 1865 & 309. 1866. P. asperus Müll.Arg., ll. cc. 377. 1865
& 297. 1866; Hook.f., l. c. 327. 1887. Glochidion asperum (Müll.Arg.) Bedd., l. c. 193. 1873.
Asm.: Dol-poduli; Garo.: Bolchiring; Hindi: Anwin, Chamoli, Katu-manwa, Koria;
Kan.: Betta-hanche, Sottukoyina, Sullai-mara; Kh.: Dieng-jem, Uding-that, Wah-puriem; Mal.:
Kayara; Mar.: Paritza, Shoura; Punj.: Gol-kamila, Pundna, Sama; Tam.: Paniccavu.
Shrubs or trees, 2 - 12 m tall; all parts velutinous, tomentellous to sparsely pilose, hirsute or scabrid. Leaves elliptic, oblong-elliptic to lanceolate-elliptic or broadly elliptic to obovate or ovate, subequal or sometimes subcordate or cuneate-attenuate at base, often curling upwards along margins on drying, acute, obtuse to rounded or apiculate to acuminate at apex, 3 - 15 x 1.5 - 8 cm, thinly coriaceous to chartaceous; lateral nerves 4 - 8 (- 10) pairs; minor nervules mostly conspicuous and strong beneath; petioles 1 - 6 mm long. Inflorescences 10 - 15-flowered. Male flowers: pedicels 5 - 14 mm long; sepals oblong, lanceolate or oblanceolate, 1.5 - 4 x 0.8 - 2 mm; anthers 3, 1 - 2 mm long. Female flowers: pedicels 1 - 5 (- 8) mm long; sepals ovate, triangular or oblong-lanceolate, 1 - 3 x 0.5 - 1.5 mm; ovary subglobose, 1 - 1.5 mm in diam., 3 - 6-locular; style columnar to clavate or occasionally obconic, 1 - 3 (- 4) x 0.5 - 1.8 mm (occasionally free and forming a globose mass of connivent lobes, 0.5 - 1 x 1 - 1.5 mm); apical lobes 3 - 6, orbicular, elliptic, oblong, deltoid or triangular, 0.3 - 1 mm long, often bilobulate. Fruits depressedsubglobose, 3 - 5 x 6 -12 mm, 3 - 6-locular with bilobulate lobes; pedicels 5 - 10 mm long.
Fl. & Fr. Jan. - Dec.
Distrib. India: Evergreen forests, grasslands, sholas, mixed or deciduous forests, scrub, tropical forests, up to 1900 m altitude, common. Almost throughout the country, except Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar and China.
Notes. A variable species but easily recognizable and distinguishable from its immediate allies by the conspicuous minor venation on the under surface of leaves.
Shrubs or trees, 2 - 12 m tall; all parts velutinous, tomentellous to sparsely pilose, hirsute or scabrid. Leaves elliptic, oblong-elliptic to lanceolate-elliptic or broadly elliptic to obovate or ovate, subequal or sometimes subcordate or cuneate-attenuate at base, often curling upwards along margins on drying, acute, obtuse to rounded or apiculate to acuminate at apex, 3 - 15 x 1.5 - 8 cm, thinly coriaceous to chartaceous; lateral nerves 4 - 8 (- 10) pairs; minor nervules mostly conspicuous and strong beneath; petioles 1 - 6 mm long. Inflorescences 10 - 15-flowered. Male flowers: pedicels 5 - 14 mm long; sepals oblong, lanceolate or oblanceolate, 1.5 - 4 x 0.8 - 2 mm; anthers 3, 1 - 2 mm long. Female flowers: pedicels 1 - 5 (- 8) mm long; sepals ovate, triangular or oblong-lanceolate, 1 - 3 x 0.5 - 1.5 mm; ovary subglobose, 1 - 1.5 mm in diam., 3 - 6-locular; style columnar to clavate or occasionally obconic, 1 - 3 (- 4) x 0.5 - 1.8 mm (occasionally free and forming a globose mass of connivent lobes, 0.5 - 1 x 1 - 1.5 mm); apical lobes 3 - 6, orbicular, elliptic, oblong, deltoid or triangular, 0.3 - 1 mm long, often bilobulate. Fruits depressedsubglobose, 3 - 5 x 6 -12 mm, 3 - 6-locular with bilobulate lobes; pedicels 5 - 10 mm long.
Fl. & Fr. Jan. - Dec.
Distrib. India: Evergreen forests, grasslands, sholas, mixed or deciduous forests, scrub, tropical forests, up to 1900 m altitude, common. Almost throughout the country, except Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar and China.
Notes. A variable species but easily recognizable and distinguishable from its immediate allies by the conspicuous minor venation on the under surface of leaves.
