Erythroxylum obtusifolium

Erythroxylum obtusifolium (Wight) Hook. fil., Fl. Brit. India 1: 415 1874. (syn: Erythroxylum lanceolatum var. obtusifolium (Wight) Walp.; Sethia lanceolata var. obtusifolia Wight; Sethia obtusifolia (Wight) Thw.);
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S. India, Sri Lanka as per POWO;
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Thwaites Enum. 54 ; leaves 2-3.1/2 by 1.1/4-1.3/4 in. obovate-obtuse or broadly oblong tip rounded or obtusely pointed rather shining on both surfaces nerves rather oblique elevated, pedicels short stout.
CEYLON ; Central Provinces, alt. 2-4000 ft., Thwaites.
I follow Thwaites in retaining this as a distinct species, though I can scarcely doubt its being a broad-leaved state of E. lanceolatum, its nerves are less oblique however. It occurs under, the two forms of long stamens and short style and vice versa. Fruit in Thwaites’s drawing 1/3 in. long, linear-oblong, straight, red. Thwaites refers to this the S. lanceolata var. obtusifolia of Wight, which is, however, clearly a very trifling variety of S. lanceolatum.

(Attributions- IBIS Flora (Flora of British India))

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Same as in HALDU 3 A & B 2014/12/20

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