Glochidion jarawae
Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr. in J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 26: 527, t. 1. 2002.
Andaman (Jarawa name): Tangapo.
Trees, 8 – 10 m tall, almost entirely glabrous (except ovary). Leaves narrow, oblong to elliptic, acute, rounded or asymmetric at base, apiculate, mucronate or shortly and bluntly acuminate at apex, 7 – 14 x 3 – 5 cm, curling upwards along margin on drying, thinly coriaceous; lateral nerves 5 – 8 pairs; petioles 3 – 5 mm long. Inflorescences axillary, fasciculate, consisting of ca 20 male flowers and 3 – 5 female flowers seated on small pulvini. Male flowers: pedicels 6 – 7 mm long; sepals oblong, spathulate-oblanceolate to spathulate-orbicular, rounded at apex, 1.8 – 2.5 x 0.8 – 2 mm; anthers 5, ca 1 x 0.8 mm. Female flowers: pedicels ca 2 mm long, slightly tapering towards base; sepals ovate-triangular or triangular-lanceolate, 1.5 – 1.7 x 0.8 – 1.2 mm; ovary subglobose, 5-lobed, ca 1 mm in diam., tomentose; style clavate, 1.8 – 2 x ca 0.5 mm; apical lobes 5, subulate, narrowly triangular or ovate-triangular, 0.8 – 1 mm long, initially conniving, finally spreading. Fruits not seen.
Fl. & Fr. Aug. – Sept.
Distrib. India: Coastal forests on sandy loam; Andaman & Nicobar Islands (South Andaman Island, in Jarawa Reserve). Scarce.
Endemic.
Trees, 8 – 10 m tall, almost entirely glabrous (except ovary). Leaves narrow, oblong to elliptic, acute, rounded or asymmetric at base, apiculate, mucronate or shortly and bluntly acuminate at apex, 7 – 14 x 3 – 5 cm, curling upwards along margin on drying, thinly coriaceous; lateral nerves 5 – 8 pairs; petioles 3 – 5 mm long. Inflorescences axillary, fasciculate, consisting of ca 20 male flowers and 3 – 5 female flowers seated on small pulvini. Male flowers: pedicels 6 – 7 mm long; sepals oblong, spathulate-oblanceolate to spathulate-orbicular, rounded at apex, 1.8 – 2.5 x 0.8 – 2 mm; anthers 5, ca 1 x 0.8 mm. Female flowers: pedicels ca 2 mm long, slightly tapering towards base; sepals ovate-triangular or triangular-lanceolate, 1.5 – 1.7 x 0.8 – 1.2 mm; ovary subglobose, 5-lobed, ca 1 mm in diam., tomentose; style clavate, 1.8 – 2 x ca 0.5 mm; apical lobes 5, subulate, narrowly triangular or ovate-triangular, 0.8 – 1 mm long, initially conniving, finally spreading. Fruits not seen.
Fl. & Fr. Aug. – Sept.
Distrib. India: Coastal forests on sandy loam; Andaman & Nicobar Islands (South Andaman Island, in Jarawa Reserve). Scarce.
Endemic.
