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Litsea mysorensis
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Family:
LAURACEAE
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Citation: Litsea mysorensis Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925: 130. 1925 & Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1236(865). 1925; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 702. 2009.
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Description:
Dioecious trees; branchlets slender, terete. Leaves simple, alternate; petiole upto 5 mm long, stout, pubescent; lamina 5-12 x 1-2.5 cm, lanceolate, oblong, linear-lanceolate or elliptic-oblong, base acute, apex acute or acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, chartaceous; lateral nerves 6-8 pairs, pinnate, slender, prominent, intercostae reticulate, obscure. Flowers unisexual, yellowish, in subsessile umbellules; bracts orbicular, 3 mm long, seriaceous out and glabrous within; 5 flowers in each umbellule; perianth lobes 6, oblong, seriaceous out; stamens 9 perfect, in 3 rows, those of row 1 and 2 eglandular, those of 3 row glandular; filaments glabrous; staminodes 9, those of outer row subulate, those of inner row possess 2 glands at base; ovary half inferior, ovate, glabrous; style thick; stigma capitate. Fruit a berry.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-September
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District(s):
Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen forests
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Distribution:
South India
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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:
South India
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IUCN status:
Endangered (EN)
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