Phyllanthaceae
Buttonwood
Glochidion philippicum
- Family
- Phyllanthaceae
- Genus
- Glochidion
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 甜叶算盘子, 菲律賓饅頭果, 甜叶木, 菲岛算盘子, 菲岛馒头果, 鹈鹕嘴, 鹈鹕脂油
- English
- Buttonwood
- Indonesian
- Sampare
Synonyms
- Actinodaphne sieboldiana Miq.
- Bradleia philippensis Willd.
- Bradleia philippica Cav.
- Coccoglochidion erythrococcus K.Schum.
- Diasperus compressicaulis (Kurz ex Teijsm. & Binn.) Kuntze
- Diasperus kurzianus (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze
- Diasperus philippinensis (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze
- Diasperus quercinus (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze
- Glochidion compressicaule Kurz ex Teijsm. & Binn.
- Glochidion ferdinandi var. mollis (Benth.) F.M.Bailey
- Glochidion ferdinandii var. molle (Benth.) F.M.Bailey
- Glochidion formosanum Hayata
- Glochidion philippinense Benth.
- Glochidion quercinum (Müll.Arg.) Boerl.
- Glochidion sieboldianum (Miq.) Koidz.
- Phyllanthus compressicaulis (Kurz ex Teijsm. & Binn.) Müll.Arg.
- Phyllanthus ferdinandi var. mollis Benth.
- Phyllanthus ferdinandii var. mollis Benth.
- Phyllanthus kurzianus Müll.Arg.
- Phyllanthus philippinensis Müll.Arg.
- Phyllanthus quercinus Müll.Arg.
- Zarcoa philippica (Cav.) Llanos
Flowers
- In flower
- March to April, June to October, December (from 34 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thomas Mesaglio, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jaw-Jian La, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yu-Chang Chen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.