Glochidion candolleanum

Glochidion candolleanum
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Phyllanthaceae
Genus:	Glochidion
Species:	G. candolleanum
Binomial name
Glochidion candolleanum (Wight & Arn.) Chakrab. & M.Gangop. (1995)
Synonyms
Synonymy Diasperus arboreus (Wight) Kuntze (1891) Diasperus neilgerrhensis (Wight) Kuntze (1891) Diasperus perrottetianus (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze (1891) Diasperus pycnocarpus (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze (1891) Glochidion arboreum Wight (1852) Glochidion arboreum var. pauciflorum Hook.f. ex Gamble (1922), pro syn. Glochidion neilgherrense Wight (1852) Glochidion pachycarpum Alston (1928) Glochidion pauciflorum Gamble (1922) Glochidion perrottetianum Bedd. (1873) Glochidion pycnocarpum (Müll.Arg.) Bedd. (1873) Glochidion pycnocarpum var. ellipticum Hook.f. (1887) Glochidion sisparense Gamble (1925) Lobocarpus candolleanus Wight & Arn. (1834) (basionym) Phyllanthus arboreus (Wight) Müll.Arg. (1865) Phyllanthus candolleanus (Wight & Arn.) Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr. (2009) Phyllanthus neilgherrensis (Wight) Müll.Arg. (1865) Phyllanthus pachycarpus (Alston) Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr. (2009) Phyllanthus perrottetianus Müll.Arg. (1865) Phyllanthus pycnocarpus Müll.Arg. (1865)

Glochidion candolleanum is a species of flowering plant in the family Phyllanthaceae. It is a tree native to Sri Lanka and southern India (Karnataka and Tamil Nadu).

The species was first described as Lobocarpus candolleanus in 1834. In 1995 it was moved to genus Glochidion as Glochidion candolleanum. It is known by various synonyms, including Glochidion pauciflorum and Glochidion sisparense.