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Litsea beddomei
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Family:
LAURACEAE
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Citation: Litsea beddomei Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 177. 1886; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1237(866). 1925; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 395. 1988; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 700. 2009.
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Description:
Trees, to 5 m tall. Leaves simple, alternate, 15 x 3.5 cm, linear - oblong or lanceolate, obtuse, glabrous above, white-glaucous beneath when dry; main nerves 8-10 pairs rather close and prominent. Male flowers ca. 0.7 cm long, pubescent; pedicel ca. 0.8 cm long. Perianth tube hemispheric, ca. 1 cm across. Berries ca. 1.2 cm long, oblong, apiculate, seated on an enlarged perianth tube with a more or less thickened pedicel, shining black when dry; seeds 2, ca. 0.8 cm long.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-November
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District(s):
Kannur, Wayanad, 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):
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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:
Sholayar, Rosemala, Kottamala, Chandanathode, Periya
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