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Litsea glabrata
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Family:
LAURACEAE
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Citation: Litsea glabrata (Wall. ex Nees) Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 174. 1886; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1237(866). 1925; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 405. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 395. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 351. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 270. 2002.
Tetranthera glabrata Wall. ex Nees in Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 67. 1831.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Ungakanni
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Dioecious trees, to 12 m high; bark pale brown smooth; branchlets glabrous. Leaves simple, alternate, estipulate; petiole 15-30 mm long, stout, grooved above, glabrous; lamina 9.5-18 x 3-5 cm, lanceolate, oblong, linear-oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, base acute or cuneate, apex acute, margin entire, glabrous, reddish-brown beneath when dry, coriaceous; lateral nerves 9-12 pairs, pinnate, slender, obscure; intercostae reticulate, obscure. Flowers unisexual, umbellules in axillary racemes of 2-6 cm long, perianth tube short; lobes 6, ovate, hispid outside; stamens 12, in 4 rows filaments glandular hairy; staminodes in females as the stamens in males, but those of inner rows subulate and 2-glandular. Fruit a berry, bright-red, glabrous, ovoid; fruiting perianth obconic.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-May
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Semi-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):
Green, 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:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Thekkady, Karimala, Silent Valley R. F., Chemungi
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