Mallotus tiliifolius (Blume) Müll.Arg.

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Euphorbiaceae > Mallotus

Characteristics

Shrubs or small trees, 3-7 m tall. Branchlets and inflorescences grayish ochraceous tomentulose. Leaves opposite, each pair slightly unequal; stipules obsolete; petiole 3-12 cm; leaf blade triangular, triangular-ovate, or rhombic-ovate, 5-20 × 4.5-20 cm, chartaceous, adaxially sparsely stellate-puberulent, abaxially tomentulose, sparsely reddish glandular-scaly, base rounded to cordate, with 2-4 maculate glands, margin entire or repand, apex acute or acuminate; basal veins 3. Male inflorescences terminal, unbranched, 6-15 cm; bracts subulate, 1.5-2 mm. Male flowers 3-9-fascicled; pedicel 2-3 mm; calyx lobes 3-5, oblong or lanceolate, 2-3 mm; stamens 80-100. Female inflorescences 3-15 cm. Female flowers: sepals 3-5, ovate-lanceolate, 2.5-3 mm, tomentulose; ovary tomentose and softly spiny; styles 3, 4-5 mm, connate at middle, plumose. Fruiting pedicel ca. 5 mm; capsule 3-locular, ca. 12 mm in diam., tomentulose and sparsely shortly softly spiny. Seeds subglobose, ca. 5 mm in diam. Fl. Apr-Jun, fr. Aug-Oct.
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A shrub or small tree.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
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Mature height (meter) 5.25 - 7.25
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Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows up to 350 m above sea level.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses environmental use food fuel material medicinal social use
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Images

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Distribution

Mallotus tiliifolius world distribution map, present in China, Fiji, Moldova (Republic of), Philippines, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Taiwan, Province of China, and United States of America

Conservation status

Mallotus tiliifolius threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:351701-1
WFO ID wfo-0000234766
COL ID 3XQ3V
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Synonyms

Mallotus palauensis Mallotus papillaris Mallotus tiliifolius Mallotus playfairii Mallotus ponapensis Adelia papillaris Kurkas acuminatum Oxydectes miqueliana Rottlera acuminata Rottlera blumei Croton aromaticus Croton ovatus Rottlera tiliifolia Croton acuminatus Croton enantiophyllus