墨鳞 mo lin

Croton multiglandulosus Reinwardt ex Blume, Catalogus, 105. 1823; Mallotus multiglandulosus (Reinwardt ex Blume) Hurusawa.

Trees, 5-10 m tall. Branchlets loosely floccose-stellate-tomentose when young. Petiole 5-15 cm; leaf blade ovate- orbicular or ovate-triangular, 10-35 × 8-35 cm, membranous, usually acutely 3-lobed, base cordate to truncate, mar gin repand-dentate, apex acute. Inflorescences branched or unbranched, 5-40 cm, tomentose; bracts subulate, 1-3 mm. Male flowers 2-4 per bract; pedicel 5-10 mm; calyx 4-6 mm; stamens 150-250. Female flowers: pedicel ca. 3 mm; calyx ca. 2 mm; ovary 2(or 3)-locular; styles 2(or 3), ca. 2 mm. Capsule often 2-lobed, 8-10 mm wide. Seeds subglobose, ca. 4 mm, aril purplish. Fl. and fr. Apr-Aug.

Mountain valleys, riverine forests; 100-400 m. Taiwan [Indonesia, Japan (Ryukyu Islands), New Guinea, Philippines, Thailand; Pacific islands].