1. Elaeocarpaceae
2. Elaeocarpus
3. Elaeocarpus multiflorus

Monocera multiflora Turczaninow, Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 19: 495. 1846; Elaeocarpus arthropus Ohwi.

Trees evergreen. Branchlets gray when dry, stout, glabrous. Petiole 2-4 cm, glabrous, swollen at both ends; leaf blade ovate-oblong or narrowly obovate-oblong, 7-12 × 3-4.5 cm, papery, both surfaces glabrous, abaxially not black glandular punctate, lateral veins 7-9 per side, arcuate-ascending, abaxially prominently raised, veinlets prominently reticulate, slightly raised on both surfaces, base obtuse, rounded, or slightly emarginate, margin sparsely crenate, apex acute or shortly acuminate. Racemes in axils of current and fallen leaves, 3-6 cm; peduncles sparsely puberulent. Pedicel 6-10 mm, densely puberulent. Flower buds ovoid, 5-6 mm. Sepals 5, lanceolate, 5-6 × ca. 1.8 mm, abaxially minutely gray puberulent, adaxially nearly glabrous, apex acute. Petals 5, oblong, ca. 6 mm, abaxially pubescent, adaxially with a cushion of long woolly hairs at base, usually 2- or 3-dentate at apices. Stamens ca. 20; filaments ca. 1.2 mm, villous; anthers linear, 2-3 mm, outer valve produced into an awn, very minutely pubescent throughout. Disk 10-lobed, villous. Ovary slightly villous; style ca. 1.2 mm, glabrous. Drupe ellipsoid, ca. 1.5 × 0.8 cm. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. unknown.

Taiwan [Indonesia, Japan, Philippines].