Vasilis Teodoridis:
Euphorbiaceae | Lasiococca
1. Lasiococca comberi Haines var. pseudoverticillata (Merrill) H. S. Kiu; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 20: 108. 1982.
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Mallotus pseudoverticillatus Merrill; Lingnan Sci. J. 14: 23. 1935; Homonoia pseudoverticillata (Merrill) Merrill.
Trees or shrubs; 3-10 m tall. Branchlets gray-yellowish pubescent when younger; branches grayish; glabrous. Leaves alternate; opposite or subwhorled; stipules ovate; ca. 1.5 mm; petiole 2-8 mm; leaf blade oblong-oblanceolate or elliptic; 5-17 x 2-5 cm; leathery; glabrous; base narrowly cordate; apex acuminate. Male inflorescences 2-4.5 cm; pubescent; bracts ovate; ca. 1.5 mm. Male flowers: pedicel ca. 0.5 mm; sepals 3; ovate; 3-4 mm; glabrous; stamens many; filaments united into ca. 10 phalanges. Female flowers solitary; axillary; sepals unequal; oblong-ovate or narrowly ovate; 3-4 x 1.5-2 mm; acute or acuminate; recurved; ovary densely setose-muricate; styles 3; 2.5-3 mm; base connate; ca. 1 mm. Capsule subglobose; ca. 1.2 cm in diam.; muricate. Seeds globose; ca. 6 mm; brownish; smooth. Fl. Mar-Jun; fr. Jun-Jul.
Forested slopes or valleys; rocky limestone hills; 300-1000 m. Hainan; S Yunnan [N Vietnam].
Lasiococca comberi var. comberi is distributed in India and Thailand.