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Litsea glutinosa
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Family:
LAURACEAE
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Citation: Litsea glutinosa (Lour.) Robins., Philipp. J. Sci. 6: 321. 1911; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 251. 1982; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 325. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 396. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 692. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 395. 1994.
Sebifera glutinosa Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 638. 1790.
Litsea chinensis Lam., Encycl. 3: 574. 1792; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1235(864). 1925.
Litsea sebifera (Willd.) Pers., Syn. 2: 4. 1806; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 157. 1886.
Tomex sebifera Willd., Sp. Pl. 2: 840. 1799.
Tetranthera apetala Roxb., Pl. Corom. t. 147. 1800.
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Description:
Dioecious trees, to 10 m high, bark 2-2.5 cm thick, surface brown; branchlets rather slender, stiff, minutely tomentellous towards apex. Leaves simple, pilose when young; lamina 6-23.5 x 3-10 cm, elliptic, elliptic-oblong or obovate, base acute, apex acute, obtuse or acuminate, margin entire, glabrous above, grey-pubescent beneath, chartaceous; lateral nerves 7-12 pairs, pinnate, prominent, intercostae reticulate. Flowers unisexual, 5-6 mm across, yellow, in many flowered umbels; peduncles upto 5 mm long, slender, densely pilose; perianth short; tube silky, funnel shaped, segments 0; stamens 9-12, all fertile, in 4 rows; filaments to 2 mm, very hairy; fourth series glandular, glands sessile, orbicular; ovary half inferior, 1 mm long; style 1.5 mm, stigma dilated, irregularly lobed; staminodes 9-12, to 2.5 mm. Fruit a berry, 5-6 mm across, depressed, globose, purple, on flat disc.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-May
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District(s):
Kasaragode, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Malappuram, Kozhikkode, Palakkad
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Deciduous and semi-evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia and China
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Yellow
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Tellicherry, Kalliassey, Cheruvathur, Klamala R.F.
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