Glochidion lanceolarium
(Roxb.) Voigt, Hort. Suburb. Calcutt. 153. 1845; Müll.Arg. in
Linnaea 32: 60. 1863; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 308. 1887, p. p.; Chakrab. & M.Gangop. in J. Econ.
Taxon. Bot. 19: 214, f. 11. A - D. 1995. Bradleia lanceolaria Roxb. [Hort. Bengal. 69. 1814, nom.
nud.] Fl. Ind., ed. Carey 3: 697. 1832. Glochisandra acuminata Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 5(2):
28, t. 1905. 1852. Phyllanthus lanceolarius (Roxb.) Müll.Arg. in Flora 48: 371. 1865 & in DC.,
Prodr. 15(2): 282. 1866. Glochidion subsessile N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab. ssp. birmanicum Chakrab.
& M.Gangop. in J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 13: 716. 1989.
Asm.: Armlochan, Barapani-mudi; Beng.: Anguti, Bhauri, Panialla; Hindi: Lodam,
Simbed-daru; Naga.: Armlochan; Nep.: Bangikath; Or.: Chikni, Kalchu; Sant.: Baniakandhum.
Bushy shrubs or trees, 1.5 - 2 m high, almost entirely glabrous. Leaves oblong to elliptic or lanceolate or elliptic-obovate to oblanceolate, unequal at base, subacute, apiculate to acuminate or caudate at apex, 5 - 15 (- 22) x 2.5 - 6 (- 8) cm, coriaceous, glossy, smooth; lateral nerves 4 - 10 pairs; petioles 2 - 10 mm long. Inflorescences sometimes slightly supra-axillary and pedunculate (peduncles up to 5 mm long), rarely narrowly thyrsiform and up to 4 cm long, the males 12 - 20- flowered, the females fewer-flowered. Male flowers: pedicels 7 - 20 mm long; sepals elliptic, oblong to lanceolate, 2.5 - 5 x 1 -2.5 mm; anthers 3 - 4 (- 6), 1.5 - 2 mm long. Female flowers: sessile; sepals oblong, ovate, elliptic or triangular, 1.5 - 3 x 0.8 - 2 mm; ovary depressed or subglobose, 1 - 1.5 mm in diam., 5 - 8-locular, tomentellous; style columnar or conical, 1 - 1.8 x ca 1 mm; lobes 5 - 8, triangular or deltoid, 0.2 - 0.5 (- 1) mm long, often bilobulate at apex, connivent to straight. Fruits depressed-subglobose, 5 - 10 x 15 - 30 mm, 5 - 8-locular, shallowly to deeply lobed with the lobes often bilobulate, smooth, appressed puberulous towards apex; pedicels absent or 1 - 5 mm long.
Fl. & Fr. Sept. - June.
Distrib. India: Deciduous, secondary or moist broad-leaved forests, often in swampy places, up to 1800 m altitude. Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya, Orissa, Chhattisgarh and Karnataka.
Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and China.
Uses. Bark pounded and administered orally for indigestion and vomiting. Timber often used for construction of houses. The oil expressed from seeds used as illuminant.
Bushy shrubs or trees, 1.5 - 2 m high, almost entirely glabrous. Leaves oblong to elliptic or lanceolate or elliptic-obovate to oblanceolate, unequal at base, subacute, apiculate to acuminate or caudate at apex, 5 - 15 (- 22) x 2.5 - 6 (- 8) cm, coriaceous, glossy, smooth; lateral nerves 4 - 10 pairs; petioles 2 - 10 mm long. Inflorescences sometimes slightly supra-axillary and pedunculate (peduncles up to 5 mm long), rarely narrowly thyrsiform and up to 4 cm long, the males 12 - 20- flowered, the females fewer-flowered. Male flowers: pedicels 7 - 20 mm long; sepals elliptic, oblong to lanceolate, 2.5 - 5 x 1 -2.5 mm; anthers 3 - 4 (- 6), 1.5 - 2 mm long. Female flowers: sessile; sepals oblong, ovate, elliptic or triangular, 1.5 - 3 x 0.8 - 2 mm; ovary depressed or subglobose, 1 - 1.5 mm in diam., 5 - 8-locular, tomentellous; style columnar or conical, 1 - 1.8 x ca 1 mm; lobes 5 - 8, triangular or deltoid, 0.2 - 0.5 (- 1) mm long, often bilobulate at apex, connivent to straight. Fruits depressed-subglobose, 5 - 10 x 15 - 30 mm, 5 - 8-locular, shallowly to deeply lobed with the lobes often bilobulate, smooth, appressed puberulous towards apex; pedicels absent or 1 - 5 mm long.
Fl. & Fr. Sept. - June.
Distrib. India: Deciduous, secondary or moist broad-leaved forests, often in swampy places, up to 1800 m altitude. Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya, Orissa, Chhattisgarh and Karnataka.
Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and China.
Uses. Bark pounded and administered orally for indigestion and vomiting. Timber often used for construction of houses. The oil expressed from seeds used as illuminant.
