Mallotus mollissimus (Geiseler) Airy Shaw (1972a: 297)

Simão, Inês F., Silveira, Paulo C., Wajer, Jacek, Schuiteman, André & Welzen, Peter Van, 2024, Checklist of the Timorese Euphorbiaceae and related families, Phytotaxa 661 (2), pp. 123-149 : 134-135

Mallotus mollissimus (Geiseler) Airy Shaw (1972a: 297)

Mallotus ricinoides (Pers.) Müller Argoviensis (1865: 187) ; Fawcett (1885: 517).

Ecology: locally common in deciduous and evergreen forest, mostly in open, often heavily disturbed or burned places, gallery forest, mangrove edges, swamp forest, riparian vegetation, notophyll vineforest, on mountain slopes, open grasslands and along hill and road sides; on a large variety of soil types, like alluvial, basalt rocks, clay, coral limestone, loam, rocky, sandy, ultrabasic, and volcanic; elevation: sea level up to 1700 m ( Sierra & van Welzen 2005 ).

Distribution: From Sumatra to East Australia and West Pacific ( Solomon Islands) ( Sierra & van Welzen 2005 ).

Specimens examined: Indonesia (Timor Barat): Malaka , [Seon, 9°24’58” S, 124°54’22” E], 27 June 1970, Kooy, C. W. 838 ( L [ L.2233762, L.2233763]) ; South Central Timor , [Soe, 9°51’39” S, 124°16’58” E], 20 January 1929, Walsh, M.E. 39 ( BM [ BM000820052 , BM015176347 ]) ; 25 February 1929, Walsh, M.E. 140 ( BM [ BM013719596 ]) ; 15 May 1929, Walsh, M.E. 303 ( BM) ; Walsh , M.E. 302 ( BM [ BM013719598 ]) ; Timor — Zippelius, A. s.n. ( L [ L.2233757]) ; 27 June 1970, Kooy, C. W. 216622 ( L [ L.2233763]) ; Timor Leste: Lautém , [Mahara, 8°27’54” S, 127°10’25” E], 2 October 2005, Cowie, I.D. & Xavier A. F. 10697 ( L [ L.2233796]) ; Manufahi , [Bubususu, 8°54’52” S, 125°47’00” E], 1882, Forbes, H. O. 3658 ( BM [ BM013719597 ]) .

Red List Assessment: Least Concern.