Mallotus pallidus (Airy Shaw) Airy Shaw

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Euphorbiaceae > Mallotus

Characteristics

Small trees 5-15 m tall. Branchlets gray stellate-tomentulose. Petiole 2-4 cm; leaf blade oblong-lanceolate, 8-16 × 3-5 cm, thinly leathery, adaxially glabrescent, abaxially tomentulose, base cuneate, with 2 basal glands, margin subentire, apex acuminate. Flowers 1-3-fascicled; flower buds ovoid, ca. 1.5 mm, tomentulose. Infructescence 5-14 cm; bracts triangular, ca. 1 mm. Fruiting pedicel 2-3.5 mm; persistent sepals 5, triangular, ca. 1.5 mm; capsule subglobose, 3-locular, ca. 12 mm in diam., densely golden yellow glandular-scaly. Seeds subglobose, ca. 6 mm in diam., black. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. Aug-Dec.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 5.5 - 10.5
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AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Emetics (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Distribution

Mallotus pallidus world distribution map, present in China and Thailand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:351640-1
WFO ID wfo-0000234676
COL ID 3XPZR
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Mallotus pallidus Mallotus philippensis var. pallida Mallotus philippinensis var. pallidus