Flacourtia montana

Styles absent (stigma sessile)… F. latifolia
Styles distinct and conspicuous:
Tomentose young twigs; leaves turning brown on drying ….  F. montana
Glabrous young twigs; Leaves not turning brown …. F. indica.
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From Cooke’s flora. the size of flower is a good additional differentiating character.

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Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi)
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Salicaceae (including Flacourtiaceae) fortnight :: FOR ID – Flacourtia ¿ montana / indica ? :: DVFEB14 (my concluding post) : 5 posts by 3 authors. 12 images.

Flacourtia ¿ montana / indica ?

The plant in this post is confusing me. Though I have labelled it as Flacourtia montana it seems to be not. Please validate. I have put all the photos – hopefully any / one of them may prove useful in validation.

Habit: large shrub (small tree) about 4 – 5 m, seemingly unarmed
Habitat: on gradual slope, mixed deciduous forest, about 350 ft asl
Reason for confusion is the leaf shape and venation. Comparatively denser flowering. Not able to recollect whether the plant was armed or not – looks unarmed. Recent sighting of F. montana was comparatively a larger plant – about 7 – 8 m … close to water course.
at Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary on 17 APR 09

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I’m not sure about this one. It could be F. montana but some of the leaves look a bit small

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efi page on Flacourtia montana 

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¿ Litsea josephii ? : Attachments (1). 7 posts by 3 authors.

Great photographs but it looks like Litsea glutinosa [ L.chinensis]. Please check.

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OK …, thank you very much for this guidance.
I will work on it and be back.

Links for Litsea glutinosa (Indian laurel):
http://www.hear.org/Pier/litsea_glutinosa.htm (Detailed desc. with two piics.),
http://species.wikimedia.Lauraceae_sp_Blanco2.360.png (a plate),
http://www.geocities.BookofWisdomandLitsea.html (some details),
http://www.stuartxchange.org/Puso-puso.html (details with a pic.),
http://www.bpi.da.gov.ph/Publications/puso-puso.pdf (some details).

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ID11042011PHK3:
A medium sized tree, No flowering observed
Habitat:M.D.forest
At Ratnagiri,Maharashtra

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May be some Glochidion species from Phyllanthaceae

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Glochidion xerocarpum ?

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How about Flacourtia montana? sometimes when the fruit are green you can see these lines on them.

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Flacourtia montana J.Graham
Immature fruits are green and  shallowly ribbed, as said by …
Also 3 basal nerves on the leaves are distinct 

Please identify this tree growing in the wild. I think this is a Flacourtia species.

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Flacourtia montana J.Graham
Have you tried eating the fruits, …?

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Wonderful photos.

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Thanks … for the ID and showing me my mistake.

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Common names for Flacourtia montana in Kannada are:

attak, hennu sampige, kakkade hannu mara

… these are compiled from internet.
… will be glad if Kannad-knowing friends help in validating these words (names) … and put them in native Kannada script.

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It is Flacourtia montana J. Graham
Your pictures with many stamens are of the male flowers

Thank you so much … Matching perfect.

Was searching for fruit and female flower pictures…need little help regarding the same.
Please check the following link…
https://indiabiodiversity.Flacourtia_montana/flacmont_10.jpg
If we check picture of fruits from above link, we can see 5-6 styles in each fruit.
Our site link mentions 5 styles
/species/m—z/s/salicaceae/flacourtia/flacourtia-montana
Please check the following link
https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/12197
Morphological description as per “Ganeshaiah, K. N., UAS, Bangalore, India.; Kailash, B. R., ATREE, Bangalore, India.; Royal Norwegian Embassy grants. Indian Bioresource Information Network (IBIN), Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi, India.” is as-
Deciduous trees, about 5-15 m tall, trunk, branches and branchlets armed with simple and branched spines of about 5-8 cm long, branchlets and shoots usually densely tomentose, sometimes also glabrescent. Leaves simple, alternate, variable, broadly elliptic, obovate-ovate, to elliptic-oblong, about 7-22 x 3-9.5 cm across, base cuneate, 3-5 pliveined, margin subentire to coarsely serrate-crenate, apex acute to shallow acuminate, leaves often clustered towards apices, lateral veins 5-7 on either side of the midrib, impressed above and slightly prominent beneath, glabrous above, tomentose along midrib above, sparsely to densely tomentose on the veins beneath, teritiary veins somewhat perpendicular to midrib, quaternary veins conspicuous reticulate beneath, coriaceous to subcoriaceous, shiny, petiole glabrescent to tomentose, about 5-8 mm long. Inflorescence in shortly pedunculate axillary and terminal lax raceme fascicles or dense panicles, bracteate, like spherical hair balls. Flowers unisexual (dioecious), hypogynous, greenish yellow, about 4 mm across, pedicels articulate, glabrous or hairy, slightly elongated in fruits, about 3-4 mm long, sepals 4-5, imbricate, minute, sparsely hairy inside, subglabrous or glabrescent outside, petals absent, extrastaminal disc, with distinct glands inserted before sepals. Male flowers: Stamens numerous, filaments filiform, base minutely hairy, anthers 2 loculed, versatile, globular, dorsifixed, pollen fleshy, tricolporate, reticulate, pistillode absent. Female flowers: Ovary superior, urceolate, surrounded by disc, sometimes covered by few staminodes, carpels 3-6, incompletely loculed, recurved slightly, about 1.5 mm long, ovules often 2 per locule, style 5-6, stigma slightly bilobed, minute. Fruit indehiscent berry, ovoid-globose, about 12-18 mm across, red when ripe, becoming reddish purple. Seeds 5-6 in 2 rows, ovoid-obovoid, compressed, non arillate, rough and woody.
Both “Flora of Shimoga” book and https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/12197  mentions about 5-6 styles…
Please do confirm about this….because “The flora of the presidency of Bombay. Cooke” does mention ‘number of styles 2 or more’ which is vague.. but the identification character mentioned is cherry size fruits and scarlet fruit colour when ripe… which is matching.
Fruit size may vary depending on nutrients or fertility of the soil.

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ID Confirmation flacourtia montana 13042022 PK1: 3 images.
Flora of Date/Time – 03/04/2022   –    09:30
Location- Place, Altitude – Uttarara Kannada, Karnataka,
Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-   wild
Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb-  Tree
Length- 20m,

Yes, appears close to images at Flacourtia montana

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Location: near Vannappuram, Thodupuzha, Idukki Dist., Kerala PIN:685607
Altitude: 1500fsl
Flower date: 27DEC2022, 02.30pm
Habitat: wild moisture, canopy
Plant habit: tree overgrown, erect branches, branchlets, hard woody stem 70 inches base circumference, rough brown lite-flaked bark
Height: 10 meters
Leaves: alternate, elliptic, acute, simple glossy, smooth upper epidermis, lite bitter taste, size upto:13×7cm
Flower: axillary micro spike racemose multiple, clustered, diameter:03.5mm, greenish yellow, non fragrant
Fruit:
Seed:

I think it is dioecious, and female.

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Also check details at
https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m—z/s/salicaceae/flacourtia/flacourtia-montana

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Thank you very much for sharing ID link with me.  Local people confirmed the fruit image at KEW.  They used tender fruits to making pickle and ripened for eating.  I can’t confirm the ID with images at efi because I didn’t see male inflorescence.