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Litsea travancorica
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Family:
LAURACEAE
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Citation: Litsea travancorica Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925: 132. 1925 & Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1237(866). 1925; N.C. Nair & Mohanan, Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 3: 576. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 348. 1984; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 396. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 273. 1997; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 425. 2005.
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Description:
Dioecious trees, to 5 m high, bark greyish-brown, smooth; blaze dull yellow; branches some what pale; young shoots ferruginous tomentose. Leaves usually opposite or subopposite at the end of branchlets, alternate lower down, simple, estipulate; petiole 5-10 mm long, stout, ferruginous tomentose; lamina 10.5-18 x 3-6 cm, oblong or obovate, base obtuse or acute, apex acuminate, margin entire, glabrous above, fulvous-pubescent especially on nerves beneath, chartaceous; lateral nerves 8-12 pairs, pinnate, prominent intercostae subscalariform, faint. Flowers unisexual, yellowish, in axillary crowded sessile umbellules; bracts orbicular, ferruginous; perianth tube short, lobes 6, ovate, seriaceous; stamens 12, in 4 rows, filaments of rows 1 and 2 eglandular, those of rows 3 and 4 with 2-glands; anthers 4-celled; staminodes in female flowers as the stamens in male, but those of inner rows subulate and 2-glandular, inner rows linear; ovary half inferior, ovoid, glabrous; style stout; stigma capitate. Fruit a berry, globose 1 cm across, glabrous, seated on enlarged perianth tube; perianth tube cupular, dentate, villous inside.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-May
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District(s):
Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
Endangered (EN)
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Kallar, Arippa, Kulathupuzha, Angamoozhy, Ponmudi
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