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Litsea myristicaefolia
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Family:
LAURACEAE
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Citation: Litsea myristicaefolia (Wall. ex Nees) Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 172. 1886; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 570. 2002.
Cylicodaphne myristicaefolia (Wall. ex Nees) Meisner in DC., Prodr. 15: 208. 1864.
Lepidadenia griffithii Wight, Ic. t. 1846. 1852.
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Description:
Dioecious trees. Leaves simple, alternate, estipulate; petiole 10-15 mm long, stout, glabrous; lamina 8-12 ×2-4.5 cm, elliptic-oblong or lanceolate, base attenuate, apex acute or acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous; lateral nerves 11-12, pinnate, prominent, intercostae reticulate, prominent. Flowers unisexual, yellowish, in globose umbellules clustered in axillary and subterminal subracemes; peduncles 1-2 mm long; pedicels 5-6 mm long; bracts 4-6, concave, glabrous; perianth lobes 6; stamens 12, in 4 rows; filaments of rows 1 and 2 eglandular, those of rows 3 and 4 with 2 glands; staminodes in female as the stamens of male, but those of inner rows subulate and 2-glandular; ovary half inferior, globose. Fruit a berry.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
May-August
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District(s):
Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Shola forests
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia
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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:
700-800
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Localities:
Attayar, Bonaccord
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