Glochidion sphaerogynum
(Müll.Arg.) Kurz, Forest Fl. Burma 2: 346. 1877; Hook.f., Fl.
Brit. India 5: 317. 1887; Prain, Bengal Pl. 2: 931. 1903; Kanjilal et al., Fl. Assam 4: 188. 1940;
Chakrab. & M.Gangop. in J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 19: 223, f. 3 F - I. 1995. Phyllanthus sphaerogynus
Müll.Arg. in Flora 48: 375. 1865 & in DC., Prodr. 15(2): 293. 1866. Glochidion mandakatense
Kalita & Borthakur in J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 30: 488. 2006 (as 'mandakatensis'), syn. nov.
Garo.: Bol-jakru; Kh.: Dieng-soh-um; Mik.: Theng-kong-arong; Naga.: Chaiang; Nep.:
Malchia, Rokte.
Shrubs or trees, 1 - 20 m tall, entirely glabrous. Leaves oblong-elliptic, oblong-lanceolate, elliptic-lanceolate, ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, unequal and cuneate-attenuate or acute at base, strongly curling upwards along margins on drying, acuminate at apex, 4.5 - 16 (- 35) x 1.5 - 5 (- 8) cm, coriaceous, glossy; lateral nerves 5 - 10 pairs; petioles 3 - 7 mm long. Inflorescences dense-flowered, occasionally pedunculate (peduncles up to 5 mm long). Male flowers: pedicels 5 - 15 mm long; sepals broadly elliptic or obovate-spathulate, 1.5 - 2.5 x 1 - 2.5 mm; anthers 3, ca 1.2 mm long. Female flowers: pedicels 1 - 6 mm long; sepals orbicular to broadly obovate, 1 - 2 x 1 - 2 mm, coriaceous; ovary depressed, 0.5 - 1.5 mm in diam., 4 - 5 (- 6)-locular; style subglobose or button-like or discoid, 1- 1.5 x 2 - 3 mm. Fruits depressed-subglobose, 3 - 4 x 7 - 10 mm, 4 or 5 (or 6)-locular, prominently lobed with the lobes bilobulate.
Fl. & Fr. Jan. - Dec.
Distrib. India: Tropical forests and primary forests, up to 950 m altitude. West Bengal, (?) Sikkim, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya and Mizoram.
Bhutan, (?)Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, China, Vietnam and Thailand.
Notes. Chromosome number: 2 n = 52 (Mehra & Hans, J. Indian Bot. Soc. 51: 379 - 325. 1971).
Shrubs or trees, 1 - 20 m tall, entirely glabrous. Leaves oblong-elliptic, oblong-lanceolate, elliptic-lanceolate, ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, unequal and cuneate-attenuate or acute at base, strongly curling upwards along margins on drying, acuminate at apex, 4.5 - 16 (- 35) x 1.5 - 5 (- 8) cm, coriaceous, glossy; lateral nerves 5 - 10 pairs; petioles 3 - 7 mm long. Inflorescences dense-flowered, occasionally pedunculate (peduncles up to 5 mm long). Male flowers: pedicels 5 - 15 mm long; sepals broadly elliptic or obovate-spathulate, 1.5 - 2.5 x 1 - 2.5 mm; anthers 3, ca 1.2 mm long. Female flowers: pedicels 1 - 6 mm long; sepals orbicular to broadly obovate, 1 - 2 x 1 - 2 mm, coriaceous; ovary depressed, 0.5 - 1.5 mm in diam., 4 - 5 (- 6)-locular; style subglobose or button-like or discoid, 1- 1.5 x 2 - 3 mm. Fruits depressed-subglobose, 3 - 4 x 7 - 10 mm, 4 or 5 (or 6)-locular, prominently lobed with the lobes bilobulate.
Fl. & Fr. Jan. - Dec.
Distrib. India: Tropical forests and primary forests, up to 950 m altitude. West Bengal, (?) Sikkim, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya and Mizoram.
Bhutan, (?)Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, China, Vietnam and Thailand.
Notes. Chromosome number: 2 n = 52 (Mehra & Hans, J. Indian Bot. Soc. 51: 379 - 325. 1971).
