Glochidion khasicum
(Müll.Arg.) Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 324. 1887; Kanjilal et al., Fl.
Assam. 4: 187. 1940. Phyllanthus khasicus Müll.Arg. in Flora 48: 389. 1865 & in DC., Prodr.
15(2): 311. 1866.
Kh.: Dieng-jirti, Dieng-soh-romai.
Shrubs or trees, 2 - 12 (- 16) m tall, almost entirely glabrous; branchlets often minutely white-pubescent. Leaves elliptic to oblong or ovate to ovate-lanceolate, inequilateral at base, caudate or acuminate at apex, 5 - 15 x 1.5 - 6 cm, thinly to stiffly coriaceous or sometimes chartaceous; lateral nerves 4 - 8 pairs; petioles 3 - 5 (- 7) mm long. Inflorescences few-flowered, occasionally very shortly pedunculate. Male flowers: pedicels (3 -) 5 - 9 mm long; sepals oblong-elliptic to lanceolate, 2 - 3 x 1 - 1.8 mm; anthers 3, ca 1 mm long. Female flowers: pedicels absent or up to 2 mm long; sepals ovate, triangular, oblong or lanceolate, (1.5 -) 2 - 3 x 0.6 - 1.5 mm, glabrous; ovary 3 (or 4)-locular, 1- 1.5 mm in diam.; style columnar to subclavate, 3 - 4 x 0.6 - 1 mm; apical lobes 3, ovate or triangular, 0.5 - 1 mm long, undivided or each bilobulate. Fruits depressed subglobose, 3 - 5 x 7 - 10 mm, 3 (or 4)-locular, strongly lobed with bilobulate lobes; pedicels 1 - 5 mm long.
Shrubs or trees, 2 - 12 (- 16) m tall, almost entirely glabrous; branchlets often minutely white-pubescent. Leaves elliptic to oblong or ovate to ovate-lanceolate, inequilateral at base, caudate or acuminate at apex, 5 - 15 x 1.5 - 6 cm, thinly to stiffly coriaceous or sometimes chartaceous; lateral nerves 4 - 8 pairs; petioles 3 - 5 (- 7) mm long. Inflorescences few-flowered, occasionally very shortly pedunculate. Male flowers: pedicels (3 -) 5 - 9 mm long; sepals oblong-elliptic to lanceolate, 2 - 3 x 1 - 1.8 mm; anthers 3, ca 1 mm long. Female flowers: pedicels absent or up to 2 mm long; sepals ovate, triangular, oblong or lanceolate, (1.5 -) 2 - 3 x 0.6 - 1.5 mm, glabrous; ovary 3 (or 4)-locular, 1- 1.5 mm in diam.; style columnar to subclavate, 3 - 4 x 0.6 - 1 mm; apical lobes 3, ovate or triangular, 0.5 - 1 mm long, undivided or each bilobulate. Fruits depressed subglobose, 3 - 5 x 7 - 10 mm, 3 (or 4)-locular, strongly lobed with bilobulate lobes; pedicels 1 - 5 mm long.
KEY TO THE VARIETIES
| 1 a. Branchlets and female sepals minutely white-pubescent; apical stylar lobes bilobulate | 13.1. bilobulatum |
| b. Branchlets and female sepals glabrous; apical stylar lobes undivided | 13.2. khasicum |
