Drypetes indica (Müll.Arg.) Pax & K.Hoffm., H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 147, XV: 278 (1922) (syn: Cyclostemon indicus Müll.Arg.; Cyclostemon griffithii Hook.f. ; Cyclostemon hieranensis Hayata ; Cyclostemon karapinensis Hayata ; Cyclostemon lancifolius Hook.f. ; Drypetes griffithii (Hook.f.) Pax & K.Hoffm. ; Drypetes hieranensis (Hayata) Pax & K.Hoffm. ; Drypetes karapinensis (Hayata) Pax & K.Hoffm. ; Drypetes karapinensis var. hieranensis (Hayata) Hurus. ; Drypetes lancifolia (Hook.f.) Pax & K.Hoffm. ; Drypetes longipes X.H.Song);
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Sikkim to S. China and Indo-China, Taiwan: Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Laos, Myanmar, Taiwan, Thailand as per POWO;
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Similar to D.assamica and D. subsessilis but leaves thinly coriaceous, ovate lanceolate 8-12*2.5-4cm, abruptly caudate-acuminate, petioles 2-4mm, flowers solitary or few in short racemes males 2.5mm diameter, stamens 4-8, females on long pedicels 2.5-3.5cm, stigmas borne on short styles fruit ellpsoid 2.5cm.
April-May
Warm broad-Leaved forests
(Attributions: Grierson A.J.C &Long D.G. Flora of Bhutan. Volume 1 Part 3. Published by RBGE 1987 as per Bhutan Biodiversity Portal )
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References:
POWO Catalogue of Life GBIF (High resolution specimens) BSI Flora of India Flora of China FOC illustration Bhutan Biodiversity Portal iNaturalist
