- Source: Glochidion zeylanicum var. zeylanicum
Glochidion zeylanicum" target="_blank">zeylanicum var. zeylanicum" target="_blank">zeylanicum, known as the umbrella cheese tree, is a plant in the family Phyllanthaceae. It is native to northern and eastern Australia, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Indonesia, Indochina, southern China, Taiwan, Japan, and the Indian subcontinent. It is recognized as a distinct species by some sources, as Glochidion sumatranum and other synonyms. The habitat is rainforest, or rainforest margins in swampy areas, sometimes associated with palms. It may grow to 15 metres tall. The most southerly point of natural distribution is Iluka, New South Wales.
Glochidion zeylanicum" target="_blank">zeylanicum var. zelyanicum is presumably is dependent on leafflower moths (Epicephala spp.) for its pollination, like other species of tree in the genus Glochidion.
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- Glochidion zeylanicum var. zeylanicum
- Glochidion zeylanicum
- Glochidion
- Glochidion zeylanicum var. tomentosum
- List of endangered plants
- List of IUCN Red List Vulnerable plants
- Rare, endangered and threatened plants of Kerala
- List of endemic and threatened plants of India
