Glochidion zeylanicum




Family Phyllanthaceae (also placed in Euphorbiaceae)
Subfamily Phyllanthoideae
Scientific name Glochidion zeylanicum (Gaertner) A. Jussieu
Synonyms Agyneia flexuosa B. Heyne ex Wallich; Agyneia obliqua Willdenow; Bradleia nitida Roxburgh; Bradleia obliqua (Willdenow) Sprengel; Bradleia timoriensis Steudel; Bradleia zeylanica Gaertner; Diasperus brunneus (J. D. Hooker) Kuntze; Diasperus hongkongensis (Müller Argoviensis) Kuntze; Diasperus nitidus (Roxburgh) Kuntze; Diasperus obliquus (Willdenow) Kuntze; Diasperus perakensis (J. D. Hooker) Kuntze; Diasperus subscandens (Zollinger & Moritzi) Kuntze; Diasperus zeylanicus (Gaertner) Kuntze; Glochidion brunneum J. D. Hooker; Glochidion canaranum (Müller Argoviensis) Beddome; Glochidion glaberrimum Ridley; Glochidion hongkongense Müller Argoviensis; Glochidion lanceolatum Hayata var. liukiuense (Hayata) Hurusawa; Glochidion littorale Bentham; Glochidion liukiuense Hayata; Glochidion nitidum (Roxburgh) Voigt; Glochidion obliquum (Willdenow) Decaisne; Glochidion pedunculatum Merrill; Glochidion perakense J. D. Hooker; Glochidion subscandens Zollinger & Moritzi; Glochidion sumatranum Miquel; Glochidion zeylanicum (Gaertner) A. Jussieu var. malayanum J. J. Smith; Glochidion zeylanicum (Gaertner) A. Jussieu var. nitidum (Roxburgh) Haines; Phyllanthus canaranus Müller Argoviensis; Phyllanthus hongkongensis (Müller Argoviensis) Müller Argoviensis; Phyllanthus nitidus (Roxburgh) Reinwardt ex Blume; Phyllanthus obliquus (Willdenow) Müller Argoviensis; Phyllanthus subscandens (Zollinger & Moritzi) Müller Argoviensis; Phyllanthus zeylanicus Müller Argoviensis
Common name (Japanese common name) kaki-ba kanko-no-ki (カキバカンコノキ, 柿葉かんこの木 [meaning: persimmon leaved kanko tree (meaning of kanko is unknown)])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Kyushu (south of Yakushima Island), Okinawa
(Other nations) China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, Pacific Islands, Myanmar, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka
Chromosomal number 2n=52
Description Plants 2-10m tall. Leaves 7-18cm long, 4-6cm wide. Flowers yellow, flowering in May, fruits 7-9mm across. Evergreen. Subarbor trees.
Reference Glochidion zeylanicum (Gaertner) A. Jussieu
Glochidion zeylanicum (Gaertn.) A. Juss.
Interspecific Variation of Floral Scent Composition in Glochidion and its Association with Host-specific Pollinating Seed Parasite (Epicephala)
Glochidionionosides A-D : Megastigmane Glucosides from Leaves of Glochidion zeylanicum (GAERTN.) A. Juss
Isolation of Lignan Glucosides and Neolignan Sulfate from the Leaves of Glochidion zeylanicum (Gaertn) A. Juss
A method of treatment and agents useful for same (WIPO Patent Application WO/2007/073583)



November 2009
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
November 2009
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
November 2009
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden