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Neolitsea fischeri
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Family:
LAURACEAE
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Citation: Neolitsea fischeri Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925: 132. 1925 & Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1239(868). 1925; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 56. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 352. 1998.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Varimaram
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Evergreen trees, to 10 m high; bark greyish-brown, smooth; blaze dull red or yellow; young parts golden fulvous. Leaves buds tawny perulate. Leaves simple, alternate, subopposite or in whorls, estipulate; petiole 15-30 mm long, stout, fulvous tomentose; lamina 7-16 x 2-9 cm, elliptic or elliptic obovate, base acute or cuneate, apex obtuse, margin entire, glabrous and shining above, glaucous and white beneath, coriaceous; nerves 3-ribbed from base, lateral nerves 3-4, pinnate, prominent, intercostae scalariform, prominent; thick fulvous-villous when young on the ribs and nerves beneath. Flowers unisexual, in sessile lateral umbellules; bracts 4, covered with scales; perianth lobes 4, triangular, villous; stamens usually 6, in 3 rows, those of 2 outer rows eglandular, those of 2 inner biglandular; sometimes 9 or 12 stamens in middle flowers; filaments villous; rudimentary pistil ovoid; staminodes 6, arranged as the stamens; ovary half inferior, ovoid; style thick; stigma peltate. Fruit a drupe, 10-15 x 10 mm, globose or obovoid, glabrous, seated on perianth tube of 10 mm diameter; pedicel short and thick.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-May
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and shola 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:
Vulnerable (VU)
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Vellimala, Anakuthivayal, Old Devicolam to Gudular Junction, Lock-hert gap
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