Vasilis Teodoridis:
Euphorbiaceae | Glochidion
4. Glochidion coccineum (Buchanan-Hamilton) Müller Argoviensis; Linnaea. 32: 60. 1863.
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Agyneia coccinea Buchanan-Hamilton in Symes; Embassy Ava; 479. 1800; Bradleia coccinea (Buchanan-Hamilton) Wallich; Diasperus coccineus (Buchanan-Hamilton) Kuntze; Episteira coccinea (Buchanan-Hamilton) Rafinesque; Phyllanthus coccineus (Buchanan-Hamilton) Müller Argoviensis.
Evergreen shrubs or trees; usually 1-4(-10) m tall; monoecious; branches angular; pubescent; branchlets shortly rufous pubescent and sinuous when young. Stipules triangular-lanceolate; pubescent; petiole 3-5 mm; pubescent; leaf blade oblong; oblong-elliptic; or acuminate; leathery; green adaxially; glaucous-green abaxially; brown when dry; nerves sparsely pubescent to glabrous on both surfaces; lateral veins 6-8 pairs. Flowers in axillary clusters; usually male inserted at lower part of branchlets; female inserted at upper part of branchlets. Male flowers: pedicels 5-15 mm; pubescent; sepals 6; biseriate; outer larger than inner; obovate or oblong-ovate; 2.5-4 mm; yellow; sparsely pubescent outside; stamens 4-6. Female flowers: pedicels very short or flowers sessile; sepals 6; obovate or obovate-lanceolate; slightly shorter than in male; connate styles subconical; ca. 1 mm. Capsules depressed globose; 6-7 x ca. 15 mm; puberulent; 10-grooved. Fl. Apr-Oct; fr. Aug-Dec.
Open forests or valley scrub; sometimes on limestone rocks; 400-1500 m. Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hainan; Yunnan [Cambodia; India; Laos; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam].