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Gmelina elliptica

Botanic Family

Lamiaceae

Author

Smith

Cultivated

C, ornamental

Conservation Status

Least concern

Common Names

• Xiao ye shi zi (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Borneo
• Cambodia
• S. China
• Andaman Islands
• Nicobar Islands - India
• Java
• Lesser Sunda Islands
• Maluku
• Sulawesi
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Kelantan
• Lankawi
• Malacca
• Pahang
• Penang
• Perak
• Perlis - Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Papua New Guinea
• Philippines
• Singapore
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Coastal
• woodland
• montane areas
• primary & secondary forests
• streamside.

Flowering Times

• Jan-Oct

Fruiting Times

• Feb-Oct

Spiny scrambling or erect shrub to 10m or villous small tree. Spines to 50mm long. Leathery leaves glabrescent above velvety beneath to 140mm x 85mm, entire or 1-5 lobed. Tomentose terminal few to many-flowered racemes to 70mm long with bracts to 35mm x 12mm, flowers to 35mm x 18mm, green 4-5 toothed pubescent calyx 6mm x 4mm with lobes 1mm long, 4-lobed yellow hairy corolla to 53mm long with lobes to 13mm x 40mm, corolla tube to 12mm long opening to 25mm. Yellow glabrous fleshy drupe to 25mm x 25mm, fruiting calyx to 80mm diameter.

Fruit used as syrup, medicinal uses

Further References

• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• USNH
• FOMP
• GBS
• Gleason & Moldenke
• Kew
• Kew bulletin vol. 67 (3)