Glochidion gardneri

Glochidion gardneri
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Phyllanthaceae
Genus:	Glochidion
Species:	G. gardneri
Binomial name
Glochidion gardneri (Thw.) Kuntz.

Glochidion gardneri is a species of plant in the Phyllanthaceae family. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.

Leaves

oval, tapering, sometimes unequal base, shortly acuminate to sickle-shaped apex.

Trunk

branchlets slender, angular.

Flowers

yellow, small clusters.

Fruits

orange-red, much depressed, smooth, 6-lobed capsule, crowned with slender style.

Ecology

rain forest understory of low montane and wet zones.

Sources

• http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-90451
• http://arctos.database.museum/name/Glochidion%20gardneri
• http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/9814864/synonym/10049141
• http://www.gbif.org/species/3080656/