Beilschmiedia lucidula (Miq.) Kosterm.

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8. Beilschmiedia lucidula (Miq.) Kosterm. — Map 4

Beilschmiedia lucidula (Miq.) Kosterm. (1970) 23; Kochummen (1989) 120; I.M. Turner (1995) 276; Sach. Nishida (2008) 363. — Cryptocarya lucidula Miq. (1858) 922; Kosterm. (1964) 413. — Type: Horsfield s.n. (holotype U [U0002629]; isotypes BM [BM000799340,BM000799343],K [K000575303, K000768701]), [ Indonesia], Java, Banjoemas.

Endiandra sumatrana Miq. (1858) 919; Kosterm. (1964) 496. — Type: Teijsman 1010 (holotype U [ U0002628 ]),[ Indonesia, West Sumatra],near Batang baroe.

Beilschmiedia gammieana King ex Hook.f. (1886) 124; Tetsana (2005) 33, f. 11, 12. — Syntypes: Hooker & Thomson 241 ( K 2 sheets [ K000768653 , K000768654 ]), East Nepal, north slope of Phulloot; King 3063 (K [K000- 768652]), [ India], Sikkim, Phămlĕt Pōt , syn. nov.

Beilschmiedia praecox Koord.& Valeton (1904) 195;Kosterm.(1964) 145. — Type: Herb. Koorders s.n. (BO, L), [ Indonesia], East Java.

Linociera nervosa Elmer (1913) 1652. — Beilschmiedia nervosa (Elmer) Merr. (1915) 271; Kosterm.(1964) 140. — Pygeum nervosum Elmer ex Koehne (1915) 337, 345. — Type: Elmer 11833 (holotype PNH not seen; isotypes A [A00052070],BM [BM000799341],E [E00393167],K [K000778441], US [ US 00047802]),[ Philippines],Mindanao,District of Davao,Todaya,Mt Apo.

Beilschmiedia leytensis Merr. (1914) 357;(1915) 271; Kosterm. (1964) 134. — Syntypes: Wenzel 501 (A [ A00062473 ], BM [ BM000799342 ], US [ US 00099405]), [Philippines], Leyte, Dagami; Wenzel 183 [ Philippines], Leyte, Dagami .

Trees 5–27 m tall, dbh 5–70 cm; bark greenish or grey to brown, smooth or scaly; inner bark pink to reddish; wood white, strongly aromatic. Twigs slender, 1.3–2 mm diam, round or slightly angled in cross-section, smooth, glabrous; terminal leaf buds ovoid to lanceolate, 5–10 mm long, glabrous. Leaves (sub)opposite, blades elliptic, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 8–16 by 2.7–8 cm, thinly leathery, shiny; apex acute; base cuneate; margins straight; secondary veins 6–11 pairs, curving and joining near margins, tertiary veins reticulate; upper surface glabrous, midrib raised, secondary veins raised, tertiary veins distinct; lower surface glabrous, midrib raised, secondary veins raised, tertiary veins distinct. Petiole 8–30 mm long, channelled, glabrous. Inflorescence 25–80 mm long, not enclosed at base with bracts, glabrous; bracteoles linear, c. 1.4 mm long, caducous. Flowers white to pale green, glabrous on the outside; perianth tube c. 1 mm long; perianth lobes ovate-elliptic, 1.7–3.5 by 1–1.2 mm, apices rounded to acute. Stamens 9, 1.2–2 mm long. Ovary 0.6–2.3 mm diam, glabrous; style 0.7–2.3 mm long. Fruit (dried) globose to obovoid, 20–40 by 14–55 mm, apex rounded, base tapering, surface striate, glabrous, glaucous, purplish black when mature. Stalk when mature swollen to 3 mm diam, dark brown to reddish, constricted at apex.

Local names — Peninsular Malaysia: Lidak Sapi or Selabu.

Distribution — Nepal, Bhutan, India (Sikkim), Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia (Kalimantan, Sumatra, Java, Bali) and the Philippines.

Ecology — Primary and secondary forests, often in season- ally wet areas, sometimes over sandstone, limestone or on poor sandy soils, from 0–1400(–2150) m altitude.

IUCN Conservation Assessment — Least Concern.

Phenology — Flowering:August to February; fruiting: March to October.

Note — Some specimens from lowland areas in parts of India, including West Bengal, Assam and Tamil Nadu, which used to be put under the name Beilschmiedia gammieana , belong, in my view, to a different species, as they have alternate leaves and a very different inflorescence .