Mallotus nepalensis Müll.Arg.

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Euphorbiaceae > Mallotus

Characteristics

Shrubs or small trees, 3-6 m tall. Branchlets and inflorescences brownish-yellowish stellate-tomentose. Petiole 5-15 cm, tomentulose; leaf blade orbiculate-ovate or triangular-ovate, 10-23 × 8-24 cm, papery, abaxially brownish or gray stellate-pilose, sparsely orange glandular-scaly, adaxially glabrescent, base truncate or slightly cordate, sometimes slightly peltate, with 2 maculate glands, margin entire, sometimes shortly 3-lobed, apex acuminate; basal veins 3. Male inflorescences unbranched, 10-15 cm; bracts lanceolate-subulate, ca. 1 mm. Male flowers 2-or 3-fascicled; pedicel 1-1.5 mm; sepals 4, oblong, ca. 3 mm, tomentulose; stamens ca. 100. Female inflorescences unbranched, 10-20 cm; peduncle 2-5 cm, ca. 3 mm thick; bracts sublanceolate, ca. 1.5 mm. Female flowers: pedicel ca. 1.5 mm; sepals 5 or 6, lanceolate, 2.5-3 mm, tomentose; ovary densely softly spiny, stellate-pilose; styles 3, free, ca. 3 mm, plumose. Infructescence erect. Fruiting pedicel ca. 1.5 mm; capsule ca. 1.5 cm in diam., densely softly spiny, brownish, ca. 5 mm, stellate-pilose. Seeds subglobose, blackish, ca. 5 mm in diam., verruculose. Fl. and fr. Jun-Jul.
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A small tree.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
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Mature height (meter) 6.5 - 8.0
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Environment

It is a temperate plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible seeds
Therapeutic use Cardiovascular system (aerial part), Central nervous system depressants (aerial part)
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Distribution

Mallotus nepalensis world distribution map, present in China, Myanmar, and Nepal

Conservation status

Mallotus nepalensis threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:351631-1
WFO ID wfo-0000234645
COL ID 3XPZF
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Synonyms

Mallotus nepalensis Mallotus japonicus var. floccosus Mallotus nepalensis var. floccosus Mallotus oreophilus var. floccosus Mallotus tenuifolius var. floccosus