| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Euphorbiaceae |
| Synonym | Glochidion tomentosum Dalz. |
| Local Name | Nellikkapuli |
| Habit | Small sized tree |
| Botanical Features | Trees, to 10 m high, bark brown; blaze pink-red; all parts except often the upper surface of leaves grey, fulvous, brown, or rufous tomentose or densely hirsute. Leaves simple, alternate; stipules lateral; petiole 2-8 mm long, stout, tomentose; lamina 4-26 x 2.5-12 cm, oblong, ovate, oblong-ovate or ovate-lanceolate, sometimes suborbicular, base oblique, round, truncate or cordate, apex apiculate to acuminate or subacute, margin entire,, glabrous above and tomentose beneath; lateral nerves 4-12 pairs, pinnate, prominent,. Flowers unisexual, yellow, peduncle adnate to the stem, 8-10 mm long; male flowers: pedicel 5-10 mm long; tepals 3 + 2-3, 1.5-3 x 1-2.5 mm, stamens 5-7, ; female flowers: pedicel 2-7 mm long; tepals 3 + 2-3, oblong, triangular or deltoid; ovary superior, 4-6 locular; ovules 2 in each cell; styles to 3 mm long, free, subulate or oblong,. Fruit a capsule, 3-6 x 7-12 mm, depressed or subglobose, 4-6 locular, beaked; pedicels 2-7 mm long. |